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Larus occidentalis "Western Gull"
Larus occidentalis "Western Gull"
ericwoodford


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fauna (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-S85
Location: Monterey Bay, CA
Date: Apr 20, 2003
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2003

 This was taken on an overcast day in Monterey CA. This gull seemed happy to let me creep fairly close to him before flying off.

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Place: 172 out of 313
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2003 02:04:00 PM
I feel there is too much background in this image, although it still is pretty nice.
 04/27/2003 08:46:35 PM
Good job. I'm probablly being a little picky, but I think the gull is a little crowded on the frame. Also, maybe a little level boost. =-) 8
 04/27/2003 11:19:46 AM
Very cool image. I like the rocks and the water and how they create a lot of value and texture in the image. And put with the bird, the image looks great.
 04/26/2003 02:31:02 PM
Nice use of the rule of thirds. I love the background. Meets the challenge perfectly.
 04/26/2003 08:09:57 AM
Composition good with ocean background and bird. Good attempt to use rule of thirds. To bad the end of the tail got clipped. This would have worked well with even less DOF where the bird and foreground rocks in clear focus, but the background Ocean and rocks with softer focus.
 04/25/2003 08:12:45 PM
nice composition, although the focus seems a bit soft and lighting a bit dark.
 04/25/2003 09:56:36 AM
very nice work
 04/24/2003 01:30:07 AM
great backdrop for this shot, and I love how its looking over at the view, really directs the eyes of the viewer to the spectacular rocks and water.
 04/23/2003 01:11:27 PM
i like this......
 04/23/2003 10:44:36 AM
Nice. The shot is a wee bit dark and the crop on the right feels snug. The gull is beautiful. He\She alone would of been good also. Nice.
 04/23/2003 10:38:24 AM
Latin lesson? Thank you.... The gull looks just a little unsharp, but that may have happened during saving for the web.
 04/23/2003 02:07:03 AM
Should have zoomed in more on the Gull.


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