Herring Gull long call

[john jackson]

Taken on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, England.
Canon 40D, 100-400mm @ 250mm, f8, 1/500, 400ASA.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Dynamic pose...this guy looks quite angry!! You could reduce the amount of empty space above, and as posted the image would benefit from additional sharpening on the eye area (IMO).

[Harshad Barve]

Loved the pose and compo
great advise by Daniel here ,
TFS

[john jackson]

Hi Daniel / Harshad and thanks.

Good tip about the eye area. I have others in the series with the bird higher in the frame, but I found this one more interesting. I enjoy non-standard compositions and this image, I felt, contained more dynamism with the extra space. I would be interested in others' opinion on this.

John

[Brian Barcelos]

I don't mind the empty space. You got good detail and nice job on exposure and dof. Agree with Dan on sharpening the eye some more and I wished you were angled a little to the left to get a look down his throat. Congrats

[john jackson]

Thanks Brian

If you saw the drop to my left you would know why a profile was a good idea!

John

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Daniel / Harshad and thanks.

Good tip about the eye area. I have others in the series with the bird higher in the frame, but I found this one more interesting. I enjoy non-standard compositions and this image, I felt, contained more dynamism with the extra space. I would be interested in others' opinion on this.

John

Hey John, thanks for adding your thoughts on the comp - always nice to hear the photographer's thought process. I actually like the idea of extra space above, just not as much (maybe 1/3 less would be about right - but of course it is highly subjective).