Lesser Black-backed Gull

[Ivan Sjögren]

Last year I went down to the city were I knew it would be gulls, in hope getting some good shots.
After some photographing I got this. It's taken when the sun was as most bright and lighten up the clouds. On the computer I intenst the BG, cropped it and sharpend the gull.
I kind of liked it, does it work for you?

Canon 400D
70-300 1:4 5.6 IS USM
ISO 200
1/400s
f/5.0

[Randy Stout]

Ivan:

I like the composition, nice dorsal view of gull, good head angle on gull.
The clouds look a bit too sharp or distinct , and because they are so bright compared to the gull, I find myself staring more at them. Even though our eye can see this way, we aren't used to photographs looking quite like that.

I might also lighten the gull a bit.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the eye contact, pose and clouds in the BG. I would leave the dark part of the plumage as it is but would lighten the whites.

[Ivan Sjögren]

Thanks for your comments Alex and Randy.