Seagulls

[Stavhp]

hi guys
not the most exciting bird in the world byt i would like some comments pelase
what could i do to imrove?
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/Stav13/gull1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/Stav13/gull.jpg

[Anthony J Howe]

Nice shots of the Gull, are these cropped or not, if not you have got very close to the birds. Even though it's nice to see the in-flight close-up of the seagull, it's also nice to see a full frame of the gull in-flight.
The second shot is immensely very good, with beautiful detail and colour. The oribital ringlet around the eye, looks Red which tends me to think that is could be a Yellow-legged Gull rather than the herring Gull, which has a yellow/orange orbital ringlet. But that could be my monitor.

Both though has excellent focus, detail and colour, well done.

[Stavhp]

thank you very much :)
no these are not crops, but are both at 300 mm

[Phreddie]

Two nice pictures.

Regarding the species - I think a coin will have to be tossed. On my monitor the orbital ring looks orange - so it could be either Herring or Yellow-legged, but, the legs don't look yellow in the first picture (although it is a difficult and very subjective observation). Yellow-legged are not terribly common in the UK (being more a Medditeranean bird), so on balance I'd go for it being Herring.

Where did you take it?

[Stavhp]

Burnhma on Sea

[Stavhp]

here another seagull that was close by, bot photoshop on this one
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/Stav13/IMG_20060618_0287.jpg

[Sindri Skulason]

The second shot gets my vote. Beautiful portrait. :-)

[Phreddie]

The feet colouring on the additional shot is clearly not yellow, so this one is a Herring gull!