Tanju this photo is stunning, the water stupendous! Love the composition and lightning! This is a SHOW! CONGRATULATIONS my friend! So beautiful DT in my computer for now.
You've used very proper settings (e.g. a very brief exposure time) for a handheld focal lenght of 300mm, Tanju. The result is sharp and amazing. Very good photography again! Kudos, my friend. Regards, Cornelius.
Nice lighting, and composition. For this scene, though, I'd recommend ISO 400, and with the extra lighting "budget", stop down your lens to f8 or 9. You'll have a fuller tonal range, and sharper details as a result. ;-)
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The food this seagull picked is either some piece of bread or 'simit'. Some people feed them by small pieces of bread or simit. Simit is some kind of 'cake' or 'cookie' with a circular shape and sesame on it. So, Cindy you may be right about 'simit' and Tedi, don't be sad, the 'prey' is not what you think.
The lilting waves are absolutely exquisite and you caught the gull at exactly the right moment. I suspect it might have even added to its appeal had the bird been located a little to the right, flying into the picture instead of out of it, but I understand we can't control all the possible factors in capturing a fleeting moment. Very well done!
Beautiful capture Tanju. The water is killer and the gull is sharp and the narrative is there to be seen in the marks in the water and the food in the beak, great shot. What edoctober says is generally true, that you want moving subjects "entering" an image rather than "leaving" an image, but maybe in this case, as the bird has finished it's "task", the "leaving" makes more narrative sense, additionally, if the bird was to the right, the track in the water showing where the gull picked up it's food would be out of view.
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Tanju this photo is stunning, the water stupendous! Love the composition and lightning! This is a SHOW! CONGRATULATIONS my friend! So beautiful DT in my computer for now.