Grey Head Gull

[Chris Kotze]

Canon EOS 40D
lens 100-400
SS 1/1200
ISO 620
f 7.1
-0.3 Step

Your comments would be appreciated

[Dave Blinder]

Great timing Chris, and nice job on exposing the whites. I like the comp too. Can you tone down the grass at all?

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,wing position

[Fabs Forns]

Terrific wing position, good whites and well framed. I would go back on the sharpening of the wing tips. It is a common problem with Gulls and Terns because of the high contrast of the tips. Most of the time, they absorb more sharpening than the face.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the upturned wings on the landing posture Chris. I would maybe run another round of NR on the BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Snazzy bird and pose. That grass is bright. The same pose one second earlier would have been nice....

[Harshad Barve]

wing pose and feet position looks great here , awesome advise by Fabs
As Arthur said , would love to see one second earlier frame
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice landing pose and good EXP on the whites, agree with sharpening. Also the bokeh in the oof area just under the feet looks funny, I would blur it more.