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    This ring billed gull looked out of place amongst these peeps.

    Canon 1dmk4 500mm f4 2x 1/2500 @ f8

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    Difficult to put in words but like the photograph !
    Must be the contrast of large size gull with the small sandpipers ?

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    I like the idea of contrasts and subtle colors but in my opinion the oof foreground does not help the picture

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    James, I love it. The OOF peeps add texture and the semi focused ones add interest. I like the gulls head turn and the color tones through out the image. I might crop a little off the bottom if it were mine. Nice eye and low angle for this one.

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    Great shooting angle and DOF. Exposure looks good and the colours is natural. Head turn looks good.

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    Love this image! Very creative use of DOF. The gull really pops both because of its size and because of the selective focus. Perfect head angle. I do agree with Denise's suggestion to crop off the bottom of the frame. I wish we had a clean look at the gull's right leg. I'm not sure if you blurred the peeps at all (I suspect you did because you were at f/8). If you did blur them, I would consider sharpening up the ones in the same focal plane as the gull. I don't mean crisply focused; just more in focus.
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