Peek a Boo

[dankearl]

Western Gull
Sort of a jump on the November theme.
I will post others in November.
Taken today, a quick fly by.

1/2000
f6.3
iso400
600mm (300 w/ 2x)
Handheld

DSC_3123nx4.jpg

[Ken Watkins]

Dan,

Looks like you had a tight squeeze here, on my monitor it looks like it needs a tad more sharpening. I would also try to run a little NR on the BG and if possible make it a little bluer?

Cheers

Ken

[Daniel Cadieux]

You got good details on the wing (looks like critical focus was on the primaries), and good thing you got the eye peeking out. Good exposure from my end, but I got to admit this pose is not my favorite...I'd prefer either more banking, or more up or down position of the wings. I love gulls...looking forward to more!

[Stu Bowie]

Well exposed Dan, with DOF between the near wingtip and head. The eye does show up nicely, and agree, a better wing position would have worked better. Having said that, there are lot of species that tend to do more soaring and gliding than flapping their wings.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Dan,
you did a good job getting it in sharp focus with nice details but there are a few points worth mentioning. It is better if you had it flying towards you and if it had a more dynamic pose (e.g. banking or incoming) the wings look much better if they are up or down. The flat wings are not very appealing, Artie calls them "pancake" position

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments,
Ken, I think the photo is pretty sharp, as for the sky, I live the land of gray skies, I am used to them,
and generally screw up if I attempt to color them.
Arash, thanks for the tips as usual. I need a lot of work at BIF photos, I am in awe of yours and others skill here.
I have better angles and shots, I spent the morning shooting Gulls, pretty fun as we have a lot that live
on the Columbia River here, not garbage dump gulls! Very good practice I will try to do more of.
Hope to post some better ones in November.

[Raymond Lee]

Great capture! The sharp eye/head made it through. For me, I would not keep the photo (because of the wing position) unless it's for record reason.