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Seagull hovering over water while eying fish swimming just below the surface.

Seagull hovering over water while eying fish swimming just below the surface.
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cameraNIKON D700

settings Aperture f/4.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 2000/10 

locationWhite Rock, , CA

upload_dateFeb, 2015

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5 Comments |
DVallas
 
DVallas February 04, 2015
my first thought when I saw the photo was WOW....
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots January 23, 2017
Amazing capture. Congrats!
DonnaTurner
 
DonnaTurner January 23, 2017
Fabulous image!
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Hood November 29, 2019
Stunning!
Arcud Platinum
 
Arcud May 01, 2020
most of these pictures are not of night-let alone mysterious night. You should be disqualifying images that do not fit the theme..

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Behind The Lens

Location

At Crescent Beach in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

Time

Taken in the dead of winter on January 11 at 1:15 PM.

Lighting

I was looking into the sun when I took this shot of the seagull. To prevent the gull from being underexposed, I purposely overexposed the picture by 2 aperture stops.

Equipment

Nikon D700 camera with a Nikon 70-200mm zoom lens.

Inspiration

Many gulls had gathered together at this particular area of the bay, to participate in a feeding frenzy of the fish swimming below. The birds hovered as helicopters just mere inches above the waterline. When the fish appeared, they just grabbed them with their beaks.

Editing

I added additional clarity in Lightroom to further enhance the details of the wings and the gulls underbody.

In my camera bag

When I go out on a planned photoshoot and not sure of what I will end up shooting in nature, I normally take all of my photo equipment. In addition to my D700 camera, I also take my Nikon D810 camera along with all of my Nikon lenses (70-2000 mm f/2.8, 14-24mm f/2.8, 35-80 mm f/4, TC-17E 1.7X teleconverter) and a Manfrotto tripod. It makes for a lot of equipment to carry, but the last thing I want to happen is to wish that I would have brought a piece of my equipment that I had purposely left at home.

Feedback

When taking pictures of wildlife, my only advice is to be patient, and of course still and quiet.

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