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Yellow-legged gull

Yellow-legged gull

The diving pose of a yellow-legged gull

Near River Soar, Leicester, UK
clicked in the early morning.

The diving pose of a yellow-legged gull

Near River Soar, Leicester, UK
clicked in the early morning.
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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture f/7.1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 280/1

location

location

Leicester, GB

upload_date

upload_date

Apr, 2016

Views

1475

Likes

+497

Awards

Winner in Seagulls Photo Challenge

People's Choice in SINGLE SEAGULL IN FLIGHT Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+96

Superb Composition

+45

Top Choice

+43

Magnificent Capture

+24

Superior Skill

+20

Absolute Masterpiece

+19

Outstanding Creativity

+1

All Star

Genius

Virtuoso

Emotions

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Platinum

Talk about suspended animation Aarti Fabulous take!

Thank you Adrian. (I got to know about the new term - suspended animation).

PRO+

gorgeous shot. Lovely job.

Thanks Ellen. :)

Perfect high speed composition!

Thanks for appreciating. :)

This is amazing!

:)

Great shot ! Bravo !

:) Thank you.

Absolutely amazing.

:) Thanks Sharon.

PRO

Wild bird in flight challenge!

:)

Fantastic capture !

Thanks Dmitry. :)

Ultimate

Well framed, superior capture, i am very impressed with YOU...love your awesome gull, the eyes, the clarity, this is a magnificent capture! Well Done!

:) Thanks for your kind words Brenda.

gorgeous shot. Thank you for entering it into my challenge.

Thanks Joan. :)

Platinum

Very nice capture!

Thanks for the kind comments Allan.. :)

Ultimate

The detail, lighting and contrast is awesome. Congratulations on your award winning image and capture!

Thank you dear. :)

PRO+

Gorgeous capture.

:) Thanks Ed.

Congratulations on your win it's a great image

:) Thank you dear Linda.

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