Gull and Surf

[BillTyler]

Surf after a winter storm is fierce, and sometimes deadly. The gulls don't seem to mind, though. Pescadero, California.

Canon 7D
100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS at 250mm
1/1000 f/11
ISO 400

[Richard Unsworth]

:)

Hi

I like the DOF here, you knew what you wanted and got it!
Perhaps a shade dark overall though, FP possibly wasnt the bird?

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice environmental shot and I like the inclusion of the bird.

I like the idea of a bit of crop off bottom leaving just a strip of surf and then the big rocks and a bit off left to close the gap so to speak.

Nicely exposed and good to see the ocean spray.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Very good environment shot, the inclusion of the bird help me feel how big the wave is. All the slash from the wave really give a dynamic and powerful feel to this image. TFS.

[Maureen Allen]

This is a lovely moody image. I really like it.

If it were mine, I might try to lighten and sharpen the gull just a bit. I wouldn't take much if anything off the left, but I might try just a bit off the right and a slice from the top of the image to put more emphasis on both the flight of the bird and the wonderful layers you have here. Also I think the image is just a bit dark.

Overall, it's beautiful as is

[Mike Wilhelm]

This is a powerful shot. One can almost hear the waves crashing. Very beautiful. Just needs a bit more light.

[Julie Kenward]

What a beautiful image, Bill! You can tell you were careful about getting the bird in just the right place and the power of the surf is a real attention-getter. I do agree that the blues in the BG ocean are lovely but are so dark that part of the gull almost gets lost so I recropped the image, putting the bird in the upper right ROT's position and then did a shadow/highlight adjustment to bring those dark blues up a little bit. These are just suggestions but thought they were worthy of a look.

I also think the image would work very well with a pano crop as well.

[BillTyler]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions for improvement. I like the changes you made, Julie. Thanks.

Bill

[Robert vanMierop]

Very nice environmental shot and I like the inclusion of the bird.

I like the idea of a bit of crop off bottom leaving just a strip of surf and then the big rocks and a bit off left to close the gap so to speak.

Nicely exposed and good to see the ocean spray.

My thoughts exactly.