Bonaparte's Gull "With a Bit of Color"

[James Salywoda]

Bonaparte's Gull

Well this is another look at this Gull with some color from the distant pickle weed in the bg I always have liked these kind of backgrounds as it really gives an artistic feel to the image.:)

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
F7.1 ISO 500 1/1600

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Raymond Barlow]

the flight shot Master!! well done James.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the eye contact and BG and would tone down the whites a bit more.

[Danny J Brown]

James - Coming through here with another fantastic shot. Bokeh is especially beautiful on this one and really adds to the razor sharp gull image.

[Rod Warnock]

Excellent dramatic presentation. James !! Postioning of bird relative to BG superb.
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[Rob Drummond]

Nice one James , like the detail in the wing and the catchlight in the eye

cheers
Rob

[Harshad Barve]

Excellent image James , everything spot on
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I feel a bit tight at the bottom, but nevertheless an excellent flight image James. Love the graduated BG very much. Hats off mate! :)

[Stu Bowie]

Another sharp image of this gull James, and I like the slight banking angle. I would maybe try and lighten the eye if possible. Still, well captured.

[Dave Barnes]

Hi James.
I like the angle of the shot, comp, exposure and detail.
I agree with you on the BG.

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet shot Jim. Agree with Axel regarding the white.

[Randy Stout]

James:

Nice banking pose, like the sun angle here, just enough shadow to give definition.
The whites on the leading edge of the wing are just a bit hot as mentioned.

I agree about a sliver more room below.

Very nice.

Randy

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey James,
You know I'm not going to recommend more room:D.......and I feel the white/hot leading line just further enhances the pose and suits the lighting conditions very nicely.....and it's realistic to what you actually see.....really lovin the BG too....very well done!

[Doug Brown]

Nice flight pose, great detail, and a good BG. Like it a lot!