GBbG

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500 +1.4 ex.
ISO 200
1/1000 at f/ 7.1
Tripod low to ground

Taken at Sandy Hook this morning
The gull has a tag on his left foot
I hope my ID is correct Great Black backed Gull

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Fine exposure, with good detail in both light and dark feathers. Nice HA, sharpness, very interesting eye.

The low angle here was a bit of a mixed bag. Nice angle on the bird, but for me the OOF is a bit distracting. Perhaps if you toned down the luminosity a bit it wouldn't jump out quite so much.

If you have some closer crops of the head and eye, I think they might look great. I like the BG.

Thanks for sharing!
Randy

Just a quick thought on cropping to accentuate the bird, slight darkening of OOF foreground. Some may not like the crop in from the right, but I feel like the bird still has enough space to look into.

Just an option. I think it rebalances the image, more bird, less OOF foreground.

[denise ippolito]

Randy, Thankyou for taking the time to repost. I like the darker bottom.Good idea. Crop seems a bit tight, maybe somewhere in-between.

[Rod Wiley]

I like the back ground and the detail around the eyes, you handled the whites very nicely

[Ramon M. Casares]

I actually like the OP crop. The subject wasn't looking at his best :P but I like the pose, BG, low angle and light. Congratulaitons!

[kevinmat]

Like the original crop, background color is really nice. Great angle (you are getting some great low angle shots), and agree on the eye, very interesting.

[arash_hazeghi]

Perfect shot Denise, love the smooth BG and all those feather details. I also like your original crop with more room. It's very minor but I see a slightly grainy patch between the beak and feathers, maybe it was left out of the blur mask?
Great shot, TFS

[denise ippolito]

Thankyou guys, I appreciate the feedback.
Arash, I'll look into that.Thankyou.

[Michael Zajac]

I like the OP . Great BG color and details. I like the preening pose and the exposure looks great!

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Denise, I really like this. Firstly, your OP works well, and I just like the exposure and overall sharp detail in this. Pops from the darker BG so well. I agree with Arash with the slight noise below the beak. Great image.

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Crop score - of those that expressed an opinion on cropping of image.

Denise= 5 :)

Randy = 0 :(

Where is Roman when I need him!

Cheers

Randy

[David Fletcher]

Another vote for OP. OP rocks! :D. This is lovely Denise. Excellent eye contact, low view and composition. Don't mind the ring either. :)

[Harshad Barve]

looka great , lovely BG and details , another vote for OP :):)
TFS

[edgar-junior]

Hi denise,

Like a lot the comp,exp,BG,eye contanct and detail's

for me i will go with the original crop .....;)

[denise ippolito]

Denise:

Crop score - of those that expressed an opinion on cropping of image.

Denise= 5 :)

Randy = 0 :(

Where is Roman when I need him!

Cheers

Randy

Randy, You are too funny!!:):D

[denise ippolito]

Thanks again folks, I appreciate the feedback.:)