I get that, Brian. The tip of the bill and both wing tips look detached. Makes one take another look to work out. ;) Thanks for remarks!
Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 2:47 PM > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:04 -0800, > "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Was at a local northern California lake with the > intention of > > "practicing" my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls > frequent said lake, > > but only in the winter. Must be the storms at sea that > encourages them to > > move inland. This lake is surrounded with french fry > munching folks, who > > bring their drive-through lunches and check out the > bird life. > > Happened to get this as it passed a darkened shadow > area background. Was > > dark enough that it didn't take much shopping to > produce the one you see. > > I included, perhaps, a little more black background > than necessary, but I > > wanted to make it a more significant part of the scene > for whatever > > impact it might have. Bumps the emotion a tad for me. > > > > > That's really nice - the black background works well. > Would be a tad > nicer if the edges of the bird's feathers in the black > areas were just a > little more defined, although that could possibly be my > monitor. > > In any case - great! > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email > software > > or over the web > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

