November Theme #3

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

Again this was a late afternoon at the Sebastian Inlet in Florida last February. My wife continued to feed these birds with bread and I clicking away. As always I am interested in your toughtss on this image. Shooting data is as follows:
Nikon D700
2011:03:11 17:27:39
70-200mm @ 86mm
86mm (in 35mm film)
Subject dist: 3.98m
1/4000 sec, f/4.5
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 500
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 140MB
Image size: 2400 x 1920
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: Adobe RGB (1998)

[Randy Stout]

Wheeler:

Sharp from tip to tip, nice wing display.

Even though the gaze is to the right, I might add just a sliver of canvas to the left side.

The sky looks a bit over saturated.

You sure are having fun with these gulls! And that is the whole idea!

Cheers

Randy

[Julie Brown]

I really like the feather detail and wing display here, Wheeler. Nice catchlight in the eye as well.

[dankearl]

These gull photos are really good and not getting the notice they deserve.
This is the best yet, very sharp, great pose, well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wowee that is a peach of a shot great detail and exposure. I do feel however that the sky is too blue - but that could be me being jealous becasue the sky is permanently grey over here!