landing and ready

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR with 1.7 TC
340mm
ISO 400
f8 at 1/2000s
Manual mode
Auto white balance
handheld

Highlight protection, Rotate CW, set white/black point, selective curve to bring out more white details, NR, crop and sharpen.

Picture of gull landing on water, the pose looks like he is about to launch at something (but actually not, he ended up sitting there in the water).

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Desmond Chan]

Interesting pose, good details and sharpness ! Even the water looks good :) One thing I'm wondering is if a little bit more room should be there on the left side of the photo.

Thanks for sharing !

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Thanaboon,
I like the composition, image and capture angle, the lighting is sweet, I like the raised wing pose. You have good details, and I like the placement of your subject in frame...perhaps a tad more room on the left side of the frame, but thats personal taste...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Marc Scott-Parkin]

Beautiful! Hard to find anything to criticize. I love the pose, the slight blur of the wing-tips and the splash of water at his feet.

[Bill Dix]

Thanaboon: Nicely captured. Exposure looks good and I like the wing position. I like the composition just as is, but again, that's personal preference.

[denise ippolito]

Thanaboon, Beautiful details,pose and exposure! Love the inclusion of the reflection-Great job!!

[Lance Peters]

Exposure looks to be right on the money - Love the sharpness and detail in the wings. Interesting pose - might just try to lighten the eye a tad - or enhance the small catchlight that is only just visible.
Like it a lot :)

[Katie Rupp]

Great job with the exposure and I like the pose/position; I agree with Lance to enhance the catchlight.