Seagulls off the woolwich ferry

[Forbiddenbiker]

Doncha just love the low winter light at this time of year.

I use the ferry most weeks, but its taken me a nearly a year to actually capture a few gulls in a good light... their fast, small, white and annoyingly camouflaged against any sky and water... well thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Some of the white is blown out, but I just don't care.

ISO200, 200mm 100% crops. F4 at 3200sec


Just sharin.

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[JPS]

Very nice, especially the last one

 

[moomike]

2nd one for me mate, very nicely done - they're really not easy to photograph at all

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

Thanks guys.

.. Mike; Not quite as quick as those dragonfly shots a few weeks ago though ...still not sure how he did that.


Seconds my fave too.

 

[lammie]

Very good. 2nd one for me.

 

[RobertP]

Some of the white is blown out, but I just don't care.

I think I worry about that a bit too much sometimes. Have to try it your way

 

[madmitch]

Nice one FB, tried this on the Dover/Calais ferry but binned the lot, even the white cliffs were blown out.

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

: Glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with these blighters Mitch.

I did try a few at F8 but the shutter speed fell to low and blurred them all to easy... That and the water background coming into view.
In the end I think the overblown whites (although theres is no clipping on the histogram, and it sits mostly central on the graph, don't quite understand why its not showing clipping but heyho :shrug ...works very well on these subjects, kinda adds to the feel and overall impact.

IMHO anyway.

Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like them.

 

[hypnotic]

Nice grabs Adam ... .. (Even with blown highlights .. )

3 & 4 for me though ... :shrug:

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

.. Thanks mate.

long time no speak, hope your good.