Backyard Bird-Ring billed Gull

Posted by wildstock on Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:36 pm

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©R.Munguia

One of our most common birds in Lakeland. Them together with the raccoons can take care of all the scraps. Taken while my daughter fed them bread. They're fun to watch as they dive and soar trying to get a piece of bread. Cropped from a horizontal, didn't have time to switch to a vertical.

D-100
Sigma 50-500mm
1/1000 F8

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by Bill Whala on Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:43 pm

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Excellent sharpness. I love the wing position and the dangling feet.

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by Maxis Gamez on Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:37 am

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Fantastic shot! I like the wings a lot.

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by KK Hui on Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:42 am

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Nice shot, Reinier!

I like the rather unusual pose. Perhaps a little less sharpening would work better as the halo starts to appear around the edges ...

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by Wayne Ellis on Sat Feb 07, 2004 2:23 am

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Wonder capture Rainer

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Feb 07, 2004 8:18 am

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Reinier, Awesome shot here. Some fill flash would put this over the top.

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by wildstock on Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:21 am

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Alan,

I agree with the fill flash, but the sync of the D100 is only 1/180sec. That speed is way to slow to avoid ghosting. I have tried with a manual flash to shoot up to 1/400 sec. provided there's enough light in the background to avoid light knockout. I wish there was a way to sync in this kind of situations.

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Feb 07, 2004 1:07 pm

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wildstock wrote:Alan,

I agree with the fill flash, but the sync of the D100 is only 1/180sec. That speed is way to slow to avoid ghosting. I have tried with a manual flash to shoot up to 1/400 sec. provided there's enough light in the background to avoid light knockout. I wish there was a way to sync in this kind of situations.

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by AlexC on Sat Feb 07, 2004 7:04 pm

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Reinier, Wonderful capture of a crazy bird!!!

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Wonderful landing pose and excellent wing detail, Fill-Flash is not an option in this case, the open bill is the icing on the cake, along with the exposure, congrats!!

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by Penney Goodwin on Sun Feb 08, 2004 8:00 am

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This is a terrific capture. I love watching these birds!

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by Wayne Nicholas on Sun Feb 08, 2004 10:13 pm

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Love the wing position and the open mouth. I would agree on the fill flash; it would really make this pop. Alex, I don't see why it wouldn't work in this situation.

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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:33 am

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