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Grey Headed Gull

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Published: Sep 7, 2016

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Description

Fancy Feathers - Part 2

Some further bird photography from my recent South African Trip. Part 1 can be found here Fancy Feathers - Part 1. I was moaning in that Journal that I was a trifle disappointed with my bird photography, in part because it is difficult to work with other people around about - distracting for the birds as well as the photographer trying to achieve and hold focus. Bird-in-flight photography in particular is difficult at the best of times, but upon perusal of my images from around St Lucia, a beautiful small town and hub for the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park, I found this, a shot of a grey headed gull (Larus cirrocephalus). I confess to a stroke of luck here as there was a strong breeze along the sand at this point on the beach, and the gull was travelling very slowly into the wind. Nevertheless, for a hand-held shot with some post-process sharpening an

Image size

1776x1280px 1.03 MB

Make

Canon

Model

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Shutter Speed

1/1000 second

Aperture

F/4.5

Focal Length

200 mm

ISO Speed

100

Date Taken

Jul 6, 2016, 12:24:26 PM

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