immature laughing gull in winter plumage

[Joel Arrington]

Canon 20D, manual, 1/250 @ f/11, ISO 200, 70-200 + 2x ext.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the details and wing position,my only nit it`s a bit tight in the frame for my taste!

[Stephen Stephen]

Joel I'll agree with Manos that this bird is tight in the frame. It may be my monitor but the bird looks superimposed on the background to me.

[Joel Arrington]

Not superimposed. It was shot from a high deck on a ferry, so the water below was far from the bird, throwing it well out of focus.

[Joel Arrington]

I have plenty more room around it in the PSD file and can crop it most any way I need to. Images I submit here I crop tighly because I am only barely under the wire for image size. I don't want to waste any pixels on mere background.

[Stephen Stephen]

Not superimposed. It was shot from a high deck on a ferry, so the water below was far from the bird, throwing it well out of focus.

Joel I didn't mean to imply that you had superimposed this image. I as just trying to describe the appearance on my monitor.