Wow, this is absolutely stunning! I am both amazed and blown back by the level of sharp details you see in this seagulls down-turned wing! This bird is in flight and you effectively freeze framed it so that we can look at & appreciate the variation of colors in it's wing & body as well as the shape & texture of the wing. Also love how you captured it in a natural setting. The sand and the blur of the pier in the backdrop really helps invoke the imagery of a day at the beach watching the seagulls fly by.
Sharp clear picture with excellent stopped motion. Wing tip extending out of edge has a tendency to pull me from the subject, and the background id distracting.
My favorite animal photo in this challenge. great clarity for the bird, great out of focus background giving depth but not distracting the image. One of my top 5
This is very nice. It just seems like something isn't quite right about it. Like you should be able to see some of his other wing or a foot. The seagulls I know always fly with their feet hanging down. Hmmmm.
Finally, someone who knows the value of blurring the backgound. I like it a lot. Maybe I would have tried to keep the wing tip from touching the bottom edge but I'm not sure. I think I want to just keep looking at it.
This is going to be very difficult for me not to rate this photograph highly. This is an AWESOME photo. The composition is almost perfect. The wing is a little close to the bottom of the frame. The sharpness, detail, and perfect depth of field here makes this a phenomenal photograph. I am voting on this photograph by the same method I voted on another GREAT bird photograph. It would receive a 10 if the challenge was Birds. A gliding bird is a rather stationary object. I can't buy into this as a great interpretation of the challenge of "stopped motion". I related this to photographing a ferrari riding on a flatbed rail car in my earlier comments on another photograph. Kudos on the GREAT photo and keep up the good work.
Wow! Just a TINY bit of wider framing so as to not lose that wing would've made this perfect. What a beautiful shot anyway though, the detail on the wing is staggering.
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