The ring-billed gull is the most common of gulls and not a bird I often think of photographing. Someone by the waterfront had been feeding the ducks and the gulls were flying overhead hoping to benefit too. I took some photos as they circled around. The second shot was taken at a local park. I thought the red maple leaf added a bit of interest to the scene. It seems we often overlook the ordinary when we’re taking photographs. The more I take photos the more I appreciate the importance of composing in-camera and thinking about how I’m going to edit the photo. At this rate I’ll never run out of things to take!
November 17, 2016 at 9:30 pm
Birds in flight are a very special category. I really like the contrast in angles between the gull’s wings and the background. (Lily pads?)
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November 17, 2016 at 10:31 pm
Thank you! Lily pads were the backdrop to the photo.
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November 15, 2016 at 9:53 pm
Nice BIF, you got a very crisp eye. I really like the composition with the leaf and your thoughts on composing…a nice reminder to take our time!
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November 15, 2016 at 10:31 pm
Thanks very much. Nice of you to say.
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November 15, 2016 at 7:19 pm
You’re finding the extraordinary in the ordinary! 🙂
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November 15, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Thank you so much Eliza!
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November 15, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Wonderfully captured, Belinda! The gull in flight is amazing!
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November 15, 2016 at 6:34 pm
Thank you very much!
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November 15, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Excellent species! Common does not mean ordinary or what cannot be priceless! 🙂
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November 15, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Thank you. Discovering the uncommon in the common is all part of the journey😊
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November 15, 2016 at 4:34 pm
An excellent image.
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November 15, 2016 at 2:59 pm
awesome in flight photo.
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November 15, 2016 at 4:43 pm
Thanks!
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November 15, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Love that in-flight image, Belinda. So crisp – and I know that’s not easy to capture. Well done!
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November 15, 2016 at 4:43 pm
Thank you, appreciate your comment!
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November 15, 2016 at 10:27 am
great capture – well caught as they say as the bird is just in the right place and obviously going at some speed
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November 15, 2016 at 11:04 am
Thank you.
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November 15, 2016 at 10:02 am
I like the way the seagull is the clear focus in the first photo and the background is blurred. Any subject can be made beautiful and you’re good at this.
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November 15, 2016 at 10:15 am
Thanks!
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November 15, 2016 at 9:58 am
I always enjoy gulls. Photographing and just watching. The way I first started getting in flight shots was to practice on the gulls.
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November 15, 2016 at 10:19 am
I have started taking more birds in flight and also find that gulls make for interesting studies.
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November 15, 2016 at 9:10 am
Nice pics. I too have progressed in my photography and try to compose in-camera. It definitely saves time in post production.
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November 15, 2016 at 6:42 pm
Thank you. So true!
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November 15, 2016 at 8:48 am
This amused me because I came home from the beach last weekend with about 20 photos of ring-billed gulls that I then had to weed through.
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November 15, 2016 at 7:55 am
Excellent flight photo….those are hard!
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November 15, 2016 at 8:00 am
Thank you. They can be but this bird made it easy.
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November 15, 2016 at 6:56 am
I agree: “composing in-camera” adds another dimension to the joy of photography.
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November 15, 2016 at 7:56 am
Exactly!
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November 15, 2016 at 3:02 am
Great shot!
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November 15, 2016 at 7:56 am
Thank you!
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November 15, 2016 at 3:00 am
There’s beauty even in the ordinary and the easily overlooked. Lovely in-flight shot of the gull – looks so relaxed in its flying. And the gull in the park has appeal as well. I enjoy finding new ways to look at the “ordinary.” 🙂
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November 15, 2016 at 7:55 am
Thank you😊
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November 15, 2016 at 2:19 am
Superb flight image – and a bird that (rarely) occurs here too.
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November 15, 2016 at 7:54 am
Thanks very much.
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November 15, 2016 at 1:58 am
Fabulous.
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November 15, 2016 at 7:53 am
Thank you.
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