Ring-billed Gull at Bunche Beach

[Bob Pelkey]

This image has been cropped and is heavily sharpened without any other adjustments except three passes of NR at 8, 85, 45 in Elements 5.0. Tripod used.

Canon EOS-1D Mark III ,Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM
1/2000s f/16.0 at 840.0mm iso800

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	27-Jan-2010 16:32:15
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	840 mm
Exposure Time	1/2000 sec
Aperture	f/16
ISO Equivalent	800
Exposure Bias	-2/3
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	shutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

[Markus Jais]

Great action shot. I like the low angle and the splashing water.

Markus

[Tony Whitehead]

Love the eye and water movement - may run some NR.

[Randy Stout]

Bob:

The expression makes me think of a little kid whose parents made him take a bath, and he isn't happy about it!
The flying water is great

There seems to be some loss of details in the feathers. Perhaps just from being wet, but wonder if you did the NR selectively on the background, or globally to the image? If the latter, might account for the loss of detail.

Cheers

Randy

[Bryan Hix]

Noise has been mentioned, but besides that this is a fun action shot and good low angle.