glaucous winged gull second summer?

[John Ippolito]

glaucous winged gull second summer? My best guess. If anyone knows for sure, I would be grateful to know.
Western Prince William Sound, Alaska
D300, 500 f4 VR, ISO 640, f4, 1/1600

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi John
I cannot say what species except it looks wonderful against the BG and sharp as. I would clean the BG noise up a little though. Great pose and comp! :)

Cheers
Ákos

[Harshad Barve]

excellent wing pose and loght here , lovely compo too , Noise in BG mentioned
TFS

[John Ippolito]

Thanks, Akos and Harshad.
repost with BG NR.

[arash_hazeghi]

repost is excellent John, sharp as tack and nice light

[Lance Peters]

Sweet Sweet light - and sharp as a tack - Repost improves.
Lovely!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, wing position, BG and eye contact. The repost looks pretty good, I might crop it a bit tighter.

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree with Axel's a bit tighter crop suggest. Great sharpness, BG and wing position.

[Harshad Barve]

Repost rocks

[Stu Bowie]

Just love the light John, and a great flying posture captured. Overall sharp, and the repost with the NR works well.

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful light bad BG, very sharp and good job on the repost.
I'm fine with the loose crop. I get bored of bird only frames :)

[denise ippolito]

John, I like the beautiful lighting and the pose. Repost looks great.

[John Ippolito]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions!