Ring Billed Gull Portrait (I am back)

Posted by Christoph Belanger on Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:34 pm

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Finally I am back. Santa was good to me and brought me a new computer so that I can hook up my scanner and digitize my images. Anyway, this RBG plopped itself down between me and a very nice Black-bellied Plover at Jones Beach so that I had no choice but to take some images of it. This is the one that I like best.

EOS 3, 500f/4L IS, TC2X, 25mm of extension, 550EX -1 flash comp with BB, the foot of the lens was firmly planted in the sand.

Hope you like it, and pleaes comment. BTW, it is good to be back.

Christoph

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by Bill Whala on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:58 pm

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Welcome back Christoph. This works for this week's motif theme. I wish for a tiny bit more DOF to get the tip of the bill in focus. Still, a very nice shot.

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by Rob Palmer on Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:19 am

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Nice close capture. I would have preferred to have the gull face more to the right getting a cleaner portrait. There seems to be a bit of grain to the background, perhaps a lower ISO setting.

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by LHays on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:04 am

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A nice up close shot. A little more DOF would be a plus.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Dec 31, 2003 11:57 am

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Rob Palmer wrote:There seems to be a bit of grain to the background, perhaps a lower ISO setting.

The image was taken on film. That's a combination of grain and noise from the scan in the background. Chris, you could select the background and blur it to reduce the noise.

I like the image overall but I too would have liked to see a little more DOF. I know that's hard to do when the bird is moving so I'd still be happy if I took this shot.

Tony

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