Black Back Gull

[Gillies]

Hi, thank you very much for the kind comments - and correcting what kind of gull it is (Vagabond) as I say I have no idea what the birds are, just hunt try and get a half decent shot.

 

We watched in awe when at sea last summer as a Scour caught Black Back in the sky for not giving up some bait someone threw overboard, drowned it, plucked it, and got stuck into it.

 

I used a Canon Digital SLR camera with a 70-300 zoom lens, shooting at ISO 400, with a shutter speed of 1/800.

 

Will post more later.

 

Gillies

[chesters1]

a canon eos 300d and a bit of help from photoshop7

 

[ 06. May 2004, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[Guest sslatter]

I used to watch solitary greater black-backed hunting the shore at Worthing.

 

You could always tell when one was about..the other gulls would go crazy and take flight in huge numbers. A greater black-backed can clear a beach of thousands of gulls and other seabirds in a minute or so.

 

And I've never got over how big they are-enormous birds. I wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley..

[Gillies]

Yep, a Canon EOS 300D with a Sigma lens - Photoshop usage was to cut out the image, and resize it - as orignal is huge.

 

Gillies

[Lid]

Nice photo mate. Did your non canon lenses work straight away, or did you have to get them re-chipped?

[Gillies]

The Sigma APO 70-300 II I used is a Canon fit, and worked staight away out of the box with my 300D.

 

Heres a wee Starling with same lens.

 

 

Again, sorry for size.

 

Gillies

[nursejudy]

Thankyou,excellent picture.

I have been trying to take pictures of Goldfinches and Siskins tonight with little avail.

 

Judith

[madmax]

Tyke:

What a cracking picture Gillies.

Please share more with us.

yes i think you should too, nice mate, nice.

[Lid]

That starling picture is very interesting (and good). I read that the resolution of computer monitors is effectively fixed at a fairly low level. However your picture shows lots of fine detail, which seems to contradict this!

 

Were you a non digital canon SLR user (like me) before you went for the 300D? If so, how did you find the transition from taking film pics to digi pics?

[Gillies]

Found the transitions from P&S film to P&S digi very easy, loved been able to wipe shots that were useless.

 

I was a non digi-SLR point and shoot since 2000 - and got my 300D in October of last year. When I first got it I was just using it like a P&S at first. When I started "attempting" using it proper I had countless disastorous shots, mixing up my exposure with aperture, with shutter speed - I just didn't have a clue.

 

I'm really still beginning to get to know how to use it, is great fun learning.

 

Gillies