Theme - Black Headed Gull

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/8
1/4000
ISO 640

I spent a few hours yesterday at a local loch...The kids were feeding the ducks, and I was photographing the BHG's as they came for food...This is a Juve going into winter plumage.

Will

[Isaac Grant]

Love these charismatic gulls. Details look very nice and i really like the top side view. Being super picky I wish the head was turned just a couple degrees more towards us. Also there seems to be too much blue in the gray of the mantle and wings.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a nice dorsal view. No quibbles from me.

with love, artie

ps: how much of a crop? I ask because that looks like a lot of d-o-f for f/8 ...

[Arthur Morris]

A second thought; going into first winter plumage (or first basic plumage).

with love, artie

[John Mack]

Nice one. Always love seeing dorsal view flight shots. Details look great.

[Walker Noe]

Nice sharp flight capture. Exposure and details look fine, with a great BG.

[Bill Dix]

Terrific flight shot, nicely exposed and set off nicely against the lovely background.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Will, great banking pose, and the angle shows off the top side so well. Exposure looks good, nice and sharp, and well separated from the BG.

[William Dickson]

Thanks for that guys, very much appreciated.

[William Dickson]

Sharp with a nice dorsal view. No quibbles from me.

with love, artie

ps: how much of a crop? I ask because that looks like a lot of d-o-f for f/8 ...

Hi Artie, thanks for that. With regards to the crop size, I have attached the original RAW.

Will

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[Geoffrey Montagu]

Lovely dorsal flight capture, William. Great BG as well. Might give a tad more room to wing tips, similar to original RAW.

Geoffrey




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[annmpacheco]

Terrific capture Will, feathers are so well defined here, BG and the patterned water are very nice. Thumbs up!