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Black headed Gull

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on December 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM
Black headed Gull
1/20 @f19 iso 400
500mm.

another arty attempt. A bit Marmite I reckon.
Posted by Craig Jones on December 10, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Beautiful, I love it :wink: :wink: :wavey: :jump:
Posted by keith mitchell on December 10, 2011 at 2:07 PM
Hi Robert.
I do like these artistic shots wish there where more on here,it's interesting the settings you used,it rocks my boat i like it a lot.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on December 10, 2011 at 3:33 PM
Not my scene Robert but you have obviously achived what you set out to do. So its not "artificially "arty!! :smile: :smile:
JR
Posted by Robert Lawrence on December 10, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Hi John. Artificially arty ? Those will be the ones where I cock everything up and try to make out I did it intentionally then, . . . :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on December 10, 2011 at 4:23 PM
Not so keen on this one......too tight in the frame I think but the concept is great. Is it a full size image?
Nick. :smile:
Posted by Bob Johnson on December 11, 2011 at 5:06 AM
It will do for me :wink: Keep them coming.

Bob :smile:
Posted by Barry Southon on December 11, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Robert

Works well for me and they ain't easy to do either.
:wink:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on December 11, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Hi Nick, not full frame but very little to play with. There is some space above the bird and some to the right. I had to crop the rhs as another birds head was intruding into frame.
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on December 11, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Hi Robert a nice image not my cup of tea but still a very nice image.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on December 12, 2011 at 5:32 AM
I think I preferred your previous posting, but it is good to see people thinking outside the box.

David
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Works for me, Robert. I think all it needs is a little more space around the gull, so the full wing is in the shot and just a touch more room at the bottom. But I appreciate that on this occasion it wasn't possible.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Matt Cole on December 12, 2011 at 2:57 PM
I really do like the effect here Robert, the movement of the wings is very elegant. The composition is almost there, just a bit more room needed.

Matt :toast: