Posted by Colin Crowdey on March 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Hello
Spent Sunday afternoon at Chew Valley Lake near Bristol photographing a pair of Herring Gulls. As they are such big creatures I was after the frame filling shot - I'm not 100% sure about this, to me it does seem too tight in the frame (even though that is what I was after!)
Techs
D3 + 300-800 at 600mm
1/1600 sec at f8, ISO 400
full frame straight from camera, just a round of USM applied
cheers for looking
Colin
EDIT ---- I posted this over at Birdguides and they tell me the bird is actually a LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL - so my mistake and thanks to Birdguides for putting me right
Posted by John Chapman on March 16, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Nice capture Colin a bit more space on the right would help. IMO
Posted by Austin Thomas on March 16, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Hi Colin,
Nice wing position and eye contact. A bit more space to the right would help IMO.
Cheers
Austin
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 16, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Hi Colin,
Great capture! Love the wing position! A wee bit tight in the frame for my taste though!
Discussion
4 repliesSpent Sunday afternoon at Chew Valley Lake near Bristol photographing a pair of Herring Gulls. As they are such big creatures I was after the frame filling shot - I'm not 100% sure about this, to me it does seem too tight in the frame (even though that is what I was after!)
Techs
D3 + 300-800 at 600mm
1/1600 sec at f8, ISO 400
full frame straight from camera, just a round of USM applied
cheers for looking
Colin
EDIT ---- I posted this over at Birdguides and they tell me the bird is actually a LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL - so my mistake and thanks to Birdguides for putting me right
Nice wing position and eye contact. A bit more space to the right would help IMO.
Cheers
Austin
Great capture! Love the wing position! A wee bit tight in the frame for my taste though!
Great shot, except the space around is a little bit tight (as you did mention yourself).
Razor sharp on the right places.