Graceful

1/1600 sec. f/8 ISO 500

1/2000 sec. f/8 ISO 500

1/2000 sec. f/8 ISO 500

Ring-billed Gulls

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Cruising The Blue

1/1000 sec. f/8 ISO 400

Ring-billed Gull

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Drifting II

1/1000 sec. f/10 ISO 400

Banking Left

1/2000 sec. f/8 ISO 500

I'm excited to mention I recently sold my first image commercially. One of my Canada Goose photos will be used in a 2015 Ducks Unlimited calendar.

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Solo

1/800 sec. f/10 ISO 250

Cruising Low

1/800 sec. f/8 ISO 250

Right Rudder

What struck me as unique about this photo was the appearance that the gull was using its right wing as a rudder while flying with the left wing. If only they could do that! The other aspect of the photo I liked was the transparency of the right wing along the back edge - almost like a feather x-ray. 

Ring-billed Gulls

I photographed these Ring-billed Gulls on a dreary winter day when the lake was partially frozen. The light wasn't the best and I didn't have the deep blue sky as a background, but I turned up the ISO to get a suitable shutter speed and made do. Don't let an overcast day keep you from shooting. The gulls have been gone for some time now. Had I not made the best of a blah day and been there when the gulls were active, I would have missed out.

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