Mr. Portrait

[kostas nianiopoulos]

i was traveling in last summer on the 3d floor of the ship , there was a lot of this guys fallow the ships , but this one came for a visit on the last floor , he was walking up and down like a top model , and a lot PPL took images from him .

i can't remeber all the skills of this image long time ready now , but for sure one of those is crop about 20% , sharp .

canon 50d
shutter 1/2048
focal length 200mm
lens aperture 5,7
iso speed 400
metering matrix
action program

thanks for watching

[Lance Peters]

Hi Kostas - he was hoping for a free feed no doubt :)
Like the in your face pose - might crop some from the LHS to get him out of the centre, possibly sharpen and darken the beak just a tad and maybe the eye.
Exposure looks pretty good.
TFS

[Harold Davis]

nice looking bird, kostas!! agree with lance's suggestions. love the slate bg. really compliments the bird!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great Bg and in your face composition.
Congrats

[Katie Rupp]

Wow, this is "in-your-face" I like it and agree that cropping from the right will enhance make it stronger.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

thank u all for the feedback ... kostas .

[John Chardine]

Kostas- Where were you when you saw the bird? It would be interesting to figure out what species we are dealing with here.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

the image has taken in north Greece on the 3d floor of the ship .. ther is plenty of those and i think , is a gull , they follow the ship as the hope to some food , a lot PPl feed them ....