Ring-billed Gull Landing Silhouette.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Had another fun time with my beloved gulls a couple of weeks ago (I think only Artie photographs more gulls than I). Thought I'd try some silhouettes as they flew past the setting sun. I have one major wish here (to go with the few minor ones)...wonder who can guess it first?

Canon 7D + 100-400L @190mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/7.1, ISO 400, handheld, cropped for comp and to eliminate additional gull at left, shadows darkened in post.

[dankearl]

Well, my guess is, you would have liked the feet to hit the ground.
I like the colors and the landing pose.
A bit more room at the top if you have it, would be nice.

[Robert Holguin]

WoW!!! Beautiful image. Great colors, excellent pose, and I really like how sun comes through the feathers. Well done.

My guess is the missing feathers on the upper wing.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Lovely image, love the golden color and great pose...Missing primaries are im sure something that bugs you but a minor thing for me, but I do know your high standards.

[gail bisson]

The missing primaries seems too obvious a choice! I say you would have preferred a more incoming pose?
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks all. All good guesses, but Gail got it...with the wind coming from left and front the gulls were landing angled away from me. I guess it looks more subtle than I thought, but I do wish the wind had been at my back that evening.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Daniel, really nice shot. loved the wing position. Although the gull is pointing away from you, since it is a silhouette, I dont think it matters much. The ripples add a lot.

[Arthur Morris]

No matter the wind direction it would be hard to beat this spectacular pose and the killer SILH light and the light coming through the wings...

Funny things is when I saw this thumbnail I said, "Dan."

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I don't mind any of the named things and I think you did good with the silhoette. The colors are great as are the water ripple lines