Heerman's Gull
Just got back from San Diego and the gulls were certainly there and willing to pose. My call to the seagull union must have gone unanswered, because they sent over a model with dirty feet, but I hope that doesn't detract from the overall photo. Very little post-processing apart from a bit of spot cleanup and my standard detail extractor work on the face. I prefer to use a wider aperture here to blur the ocean background and sacrifice a bit of sharpness in the feet and tail. This is a mature Heerman's gull; the immature birds are black, with no red on the bill or eye ring.
7D mkII
100-400 IS II
1/5000 @ f/6.3, ISO 400
Merci,
Jake
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