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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: denis on August 10, 2010, 09:04:23 PM

Title: ring billed gull
Post by: denis on August 10, 2010, 09:04:23 PM

i know. just a ring billed gull. but i liked the angle on this one,as it kept flying by to check me out while i was shooting bank swallows,hanging by a cliff.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4880904228_98e832baa7_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4880904120_bb97385649_b.jpg)

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Post by: JW Mills on August 10, 2010, 11:19:14 PM

Excellent IF shots Denis, however I believe it's a Ring-billed

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Post by: denis on August 11, 2010, 11:49:48 AM

oops!!!!
thanks john. i knew that but somehow entered the wrong name.
late night processing! LOL

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Post by: Cody on August 11, 2010, 01:08:37 PM

Very nice Denis!

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Post by: Vince on August 11, 2010, 03:14:38 PM

Excellent shot, Denis. Looks like he came down to visit you.

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Post by: denis on August 11, 2010, 06:09:33 PM

thanks vince.
i was standing on a cliff,and he was flying parallel to me,at eye level.

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Post by: dbellilo on August 11, 2010, 07:22:24 PM

Very nice, Denis, as always.
I know, I know, they're JUST ring-billed gulls, I've said those same words myself many times.
That said, they are gorgeous birds, easy to find, and they do make for great subjects. I love their eyes and the way their faces look when they open their beaks wide!
They're also great subjects b/c one doesn't need a super-long lens to take great close-ups of them...
All the best!

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Post by: denis on August 11, 2010, 07:45:28 PM

thanks david.
you,re right. they are easy and plentiful.it,s the eyes that get me.