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Audouin's Gull

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Posted by Tony Anderson on June 26, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Audouin's Gull
A static shot of this gull trying to see the colouration of the beak and legs of the worlds rarest gull, so I am told

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Posted by Justin on June 26, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I was photographing these a couple of weeks ago in Mallorca, there's certainly no shortage of them over there. Attractive looking birds they are too. :cool:
Posted by John MacTavish on June 27, 2008 at 11:22 AM
You've done well to expose the whites with a good bit of detail in what looks to be mid day sunshine.
Composition could have been improved by having your gull on the left hand side of the frame looking into the space on the right and by pulling back a wee bit to give more headroom, instead of having it as central and as tight as it is here.

John
Posted by Tony Anderson on June 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Hi Justine,
Your are right, they are only around the north side of the med
Sorry i forgot to put in spec, been very busy trying to keep my small business afloat.
have not used camera much, nor been on NPN site

Thanks for you comment John
Picture croped to take out feet from another gull, could not do much with it.
Try this
Is this what you mean, composition like this, different pic.
worst time of the day about midday


Canon 1Ds 11 300mm f:2.8 +1.4tc 420mm f:10 ISO200 Light Room / CS3 croped