Hovering Seagull

[Desmond Chan]

This guy was about to land but saw me standing in its way with a camera.

D700 70-300@100 hand-held. ISO 1250 f5.6 1/2000s.

Cropped. It looks over-exposed - with blown highlights I know - but somehow I like it.

What say you ?

Thank you !

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Desmond,
I like the capture angle and diagonal landing pose with the raised wings...you have good color rendition with fine details in the whites, and the high-key makes it for me...I would suggest on cropping 1/4 from the left side of the frame, and adding more canvas to the right...aside from this, well done Sir...looking forward to more...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Desmond - has a nice light airy feel to it - agree with Gus's suggestions - love the pose with the fanned out tail - I love high key!!
Keep em coming :)

[Richard Waas]

Hi Desmond. I love the high key look. Slide this bird a little to the left and you have a gorgeous wall hanger!! Congrats!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Desmond, this is a beautiful high key image! I love everything about it:)

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Cheryl

[Alfred Forns]

Love the high key Desmond Just move the bird as suggested by Gus Great feel and love the expression/pose !!! Sweet image !!!

[William Malacarne]

Desmond

It is nice the way it is....just my thoughts but I don't feel that a limited amount of blown whites are going to cause me to toss a photo into the bin. I have printed some(many) with blown spots and the average person that looks at them will never notice them.

Bill

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice detail and texture in whites, Great raised wing position too with fanned tail, I like it as presented - cool high-key image.

[David Thomasson]

I love it! Thought I'd experiment with a sketchy rendition. In addition to Gus's suggestion for cropping, I rotated the bird CW a little.

[Desmond Chan]

Thanks for the suggestions folks !!

[Harold Davis]

desmond, i would do david's crop with your bird. may be one of the best looking white birds i ever seen.