Black headed Gull

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS handheld, ISO 400 -0.3 1/2500 sec f5.6
All comments welcome

[Randy Stout]

Jonathan:

Sharp, good job on the exposure,just the right amount of texture in the background to add interest.

Neat to see a looking down pose, and the feet display great. Comp works for me. I could see a version with small crop from side (R)

Cheers

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with an excellent EXP and a nice BKGR. Love this species. In an ideal world the near-wing would have been fully raised. But you made an excellent image on all counts.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Randy and Artie - glad you liked it, I have adopted a different processing algorithm.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This point-of-view offers a nice look at the neat texture in the water. Good techs and colours. I agree about the near wing but the image looks good on all counts.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent image. Exposed very well, real nice detail, like the water, and real nice landing pose.
Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent exposure and great light angle