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Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
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From our SCVAS "Bird Photography in the Field" class this weekend. The students and the coaches all had a great time. And the students produced some fine pix!
This gull was standing on a 30" high post. It was 11am so the light was casting harsh curved shadows over its chest from the bill - ugly. Students couldn't see how to take a good shot of this willing bird. I explained to the students that they could use the trees across the parking lot as a green background for this gull (if the foreground bird is king, "green the queen" makes a great background). And that with the right position relative to the light, that the shadow would go away. This suggestion was followed by lots of "huh"? looks, so I sat down on the ground and took a few sample shots to show them.
The students were a really enthusiastic and fun bunch, with some real talent in the class. Haven't had so much fun in a group in a very long time! :-)
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Focal length: 700 mm
fStop: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/3200 sec.
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Mountain View, CA - Shoreline
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Nov 13, 2010
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