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Preaching To The Choir

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Posted by Nicholas Cooper on March 8, 2009 at 3:01 AM
I just happened to snap this at the right time. It looks like the one gull is almost preaching towards the rest of them with its wings extended towards the others. Kind of unsure about this one, but it was good to get away for the afternoon.

NIKON D70s
1/1500 sec
f 5.6
300mm
Posted by Ryan Dyar on March 8, 2009 at 4:02 AM
Very cool! Great job on grabbing this shot! I'm having a hard time trying to find a critique for this one, but maybe crop it in tighter? But maybe not, I really like it as is.
Posted by Aaron Ellingsen on March 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I see some humor in this. It's like the cormorant is waving around, trying to be noticed, but everyone else is not paying any attention. Reminds me of a substitute teacher trying to teach a middle school class. They all know they can slack off today, 'cause the real teacher will be back tomorrow.
Posted by Marc Dilley on March 10, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Great capture!. I would crop this, but not from the top, but rather from the bottom, removing the unwanted blackness and emphasizing the sky. After all - he's preaching - this is about the infinite or something like that.
Posted by Phil Knouf on March 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Nicholas,

Very neat image! You even have some bowing their heads! My eye finds too much sky and if it was my image I would crop 25% of the sky above the top bird.

Thanks for sharing.