Runneth Over
by vawendy

Comment by PennyStreet:
yikes!

Runneth Over
by vawendy

Comment by BrennanOB:
beautifully conceived and executed. The framing suits the massing. the only possible knock is that tea cups aren't the most exciting thing to look at, but you got everything they have to give here.

chased the shouting wind along
by vawendy

Comment by scooter97:
Awesome catch Wendy! The pose is great, the focus, spot on! The processing may be the best part of this image. Congrats!

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan
by vawendy

Comment by Marfun:
Very dramatic, very powerful, very nice.

chased the shouting wind along
by vawendy

Comment by Mykel:
Amazing.

chased the shouting wind along
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Comment by MacDonald:
Seagulls are one of the most common birds seen on all coasts and probably the most photographed and under-rated.

They were my mother's favorite bird and my brother even had an oil paining of one done for her (years ago, she has long since passed) because we could never find a photo that showed them in all their beauty.

I probably have about 20 of them in my collection and some I am quite proud of and others are just close up of head shots with the sunlight making their beaks glow.

I even did a rather extensive search to find the perfect shot of a seagull that would show them as equal to any bird that flies - nothing ever really stood out until this shot.

I have no idea how Wendy ever got the feathers to show in such amazing detail, the bird to look at her just at that perfect moment, the sky to compliment all the tonal range in the bird but I have no doubt if there was ever a global competition to photograph a seagull this one would win first prize. The only other photographer I found who would come close is a woman called Mindy Dick. Her shots also tell a story. She might come in second.

Message edited by author 2011-04-01 20:15:37.

chased the shouting wind along
by vawendy

Comment by bcrants:
really was a spectacular shot. Well deserved blue.

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan
by vawendy

Comment by KarenNfld:
Wendy? Beautiful!!

chased the shouting wind along
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Comment by LevT:
congrats Wendy, you are the queen of birds!

You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan
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Comment by Jutilda:
Perfect focus and stop action.