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Ring-Billed Standoff
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Ring-Billed Standoff

by Christopher Martin

Gallery: AvianPosted August 5, 201142 views2 comments
At a parking lot in Calgary's suburbs, this Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) stared at me, seemingly confirming this blacktop as being its turf and me as the tolerated visitor.

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2 comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 5, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Interesting image. I think this needs to be a vertical as the negative space on the left and right don't add to the overall image.
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Christopher,

I like the light, the pose of the gull and the deep blue of the water. I think that is you left this as a horizontal but trimmed some of the right side of the frame to move the bird more off center and leaving a tad more space above the head you could have a powerful composition.
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments