Seagull Acrobatics

Hey everyone! I took this image while the other NANPA scholarship students and I were camping on Cumberland Island, Georgia. It was a full day of hiking, and boy was I glad to get a break at the beach! My friend and I were eating our lunch when a seagull landed six feet away from us and started slowly wondering closer. We could immediately tell that he had been fed before. Our instructor threw a crumb of bread to him. We all laid down on the ground, and tried to get a unique perspective on the gulls. Let me tell ya, it sure isn't easy shooting wide angle bird photography while you have more than a dozen different seagulls flying over you, plus they are all doing different things! I just couldn't decide which one to focus on. I did notice, however, that a few gulls to my left kept swooping down closer than the others. I looked through my viewfinder and saw an image I needed to capture! Three seagulls lined up perfectly, all in different positions! I squeezed as much shots off as I could, and was so happy that I actually got the image!

P.S. There is no way I'm switching from Nikon! While it was nice to use different gear and compare the two, I just can't leave Nikon. For me, Nikon is just easier to use and has better controls.


Thanks for lookin'!

Canon EOS 7D
Canon 10-22mm @ 22mm
ISO 400
1/1250sec @ f/9
handheld
nearly full frame