Laughing Gull

[Christoph Belanger]

Hanging out with the locals in Sanibel at last light.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 30D, Exposure mode: Manual, Shutter speed: 1/640 sec, Aperture: 8, ISO: 200, Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x, Focal length: 700mm.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cool portrait and the open beak is a nice bonus. I do find the beak to be a tad soft on my monitor and the whites a little on the hot side. Lovely eye contact Christoph. Thanks for sharing.

[Linda Robbins]

Very nice pose of one of my favorite gulls, but the beak is quite soft. The whites are just a tad over, but look ok on my monitor.

[Maxis Gamez]

The only thing that bothers me is the beak. Lovely light, details and colors!

[Arthur Morris]

Hey Christoph, Great to see you here. I am fine with the beak as the eye is so sharp... Great light. If it were mine I would clean up the specular highlights (and other crud) on the bill and the head.

later and love, artie

[Jim Poor]

Real nice portrait. I had to hunt really hard to find a spot in the whites over 247 and most where nowhere near there so I think it is safe to say they aren't blown or even close to it. I think we're seeing a bit of "relative brightness" which makes them look hotter than they are. That said, you could tone down the red channel in just the white areas of the image a little bit to get even more detail.

[Rich Ikerd]

I have one almost exactly like this I was going to post later. The light is really nice but the slightly OOF bill really hurts.

[Andreas Kanon]

Very nice close up. I would have liked a tad more DOF, but other then that I like it.