Immature Gull Takeoff

[Dave Leroy]

I took this a couple days ago and believe it to be the locally very common Glaucous Winged Gull. Cropped from a horizontal. 50D, 500mm f/4, at f/4, 1/250 and ISO400. Dave

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Liked the low angle, wing blur and the water splash a lot. One thing that bothers me is the contrast. You might want to play with the contrast in RAW conversion. Nice timing.

[Mital Patel]

i like the angle and a funny face. not ideal light though but you managed really well here.

[Fabs Forns]

Ye, easing the contrast would certainly improve the image. Funky pose and the feet are killer.

[Harshad Barve]

Nice low angle , lovely water splash and blurred wings
TFS

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks for the comments, particularly about the contrast. It was a very low contrast day and perhaps I was feeling some need for light. Dave

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Superb timing and awesome action captured in this image . Congratulations on a fine image.