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Why do they do that?

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Posted by Major Gilbert on December 13, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Why do they do that?
That is sit down on the ice and look extremely cold.
Taken at Salthouse Pools on Friday with barely a soul in site. Hooray.

D3 + 600mm AFS II + 1.4 conv.
!/1000 @ f8.
ISO 320.
Ex Comp -0.7EV.

Major.
Posted by Nigel Blake on December 13, 2008 at 12:21 PM
A very nice Common Gull, nicely framed with "space to breath" and the reflections on it look great!
Posted by Craig Churchill on December 13, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Agree with Nigel,nicely positioned,great lighting and low angle also good exposure control/


Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Justin on December 13, 2008 at 12:43 PM
A well composed and attractive image. :cool:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on December 13, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Very pleasing image. Nicely composed and well exposed. :smile: :smile:
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 13, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Nice positioning in the frame and lovely reflection. I like the tones in the ice :smile:
Posted by John Varley on December 13, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Nice one Major, looks quite comfortable to me. :smile:

John

Posted by Matt Cole on December 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM
a very attractive shot Major, nicely taken.

Matt
Posted by Tom Smit on December 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM
I have no idea why they do that,
But the picture is a cracker.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Ray on December 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM
A very nice shot, well seen and taken.

I would suggest it is all to do with predation. Assuming they aren't iced in, then they will hear/feel the approach of ant potential predator.
Posted by Colin Pickett on December 14, 2008 at 4:56 AM
All been said Major, nice image. :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 14, 2008 at 5:13 AM
Nothing to add Major - superb image - though with hindsight I might be tempted to clean up the top of the frame :biggrin: :wink:

Cracking shot of a much underrated subject - like it a lot :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on December 14, 2008 at 5:24 AM
Godd stuff.
Another one I missed earlier.
I wondered about the dark bits at the tiop but no big deal
JohnR
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 14, 2008 at 6:07 AM
Thanks for your comments. I am still intrigued by the sitting on ice.
Wildlife still has so many unaswered questions for me.

Major.
Posted by Ian Mason on December 14, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Yes, a flock of black headed gulls were doing this on my local pond. I had just assumed it was because they were thick and hadn't realised the water was frozen :biggrin: I like good shots of gulls and this is a nice one.
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 15, 2008 at 3:50 AM
Makes my tummy feel cold just looking at this one :smile:

Nice stuff Major - and I bet you enjoyed an empty Salthouse too (mind you the coffee van might have been useful!!).

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Graham Goddard on December 15, 2008 at 4:10 PM
......he might have sat down and then not been able to get up again of course.........

Super image, and as already mentioned, I may have tidied up the top of the picture a little.