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11-SEP-2016 Laura Milholland

Flying Gull
by Laura Milholland

Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, San Rafael, CA

I had to work at catching a gull while flying between me and the sun (somewhat)
so that he would be back lit.
I like the way his head has rim lighting and the way the sun comes through his wing feathers.

Nikon D5300 ,Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF AF-S
1/3200s f/6.3 at 420.0mm iso250
w/Nikkor 1.4 TC hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time11-Sep-2016 09:31:49
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D5300
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length420 mm
Exposure Time1/3333 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent250
Exposure Bias-0.67
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Metering Mode
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Breezanemom22-Sep-2016 13:09
I like the way you captured this. The use of negative space is very good, the gull is sharp and the backlighting through his wing is well done.
Liz Bickel21-Sep-2016 17:59
Your "working hard" to capture this image helped to enforce the idea behind the Assignment. This turned out really well. I also like how you also captured the Rim Lighting; plus the backlighting came through the translucent feathers. Well done example of backlighting.
Dale Palmer 21-Sep-2016 16:09
Cool shot! I like seagulls and we have plenty of them. Catching this one backlit is pretty cool...
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