Gull


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Title     Gull
Photographer     philiptattaglia/Alberto (314) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Animals
F-stop     f/8
Shutter speed     1/250 sec
Category     Animal
Lens     Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400
Camera     Canon EOS 40D
Film     iso 200
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     May 24, 2012 4:58:59 PM CDT
Views     185
Rating     5 Thumb-up

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Thumb-up    from michal235/Michal (123,528) Send mail to this user on May 24, 2012 11:46:11 PM CDT (1)

Good profile portrait of this Gul. However I would prefer to try to reduce brightness from up part of Gll's head. Regards, Michal.

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Thumb-up    from ssal/Alex (27,516) Send mail to this user on May 24, 2012 5:46:46 PM CDT (6) Early critique

The eyes of the seagull is very engaging. The idea of a white subject on pitch black background could work.

Unfortunately, the seagull is over exposed losing detail. The black background was too artificial where the edges were too unnaturally obvious.

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Thumb-up    from guddu21/Gurbinder (565) Send mail to this user on May 24, 2012 5:44:32 PM CDT (4) Early critique

Hello Alberto, colors are looking very nice but the image seems too much flat, certainly should have exposed a bit lower as the details in white are lost. Good luck!!!

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Thumb-up    from mocando/Martin (1,259) Send mail to this user on May 24, 2012 5:39:01 PM CDT (4) Early critique

Very sharp image, typical of Canon L glass. Sadly lacks some processing. Try adjusting curves to get detail on the white feathers. I think you can push that sensor a bit more, unless it was overexposed, you brought down the exposure, but the detail was already lost, which is what it looks like in this regard.

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Thumb-up    from ccav26/Craig (4,683) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on May 24, 2012 5:07:58 PM CDT (4) Early critique

I think you had some very difficult light to work with here given your subject...stopping down and using a fill flash may have been the way to go here. As it stands, the majority of the white feathers are too much in the shadows and the top of the bird including head and beak are too hot. I think the orange and yellow rendered here are outstanding though. I like the framing, but a second option would be to crop tighter and vertically...either way.

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