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Soaring High


Soaring High
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Copyright: Scott McDougall (Taggart) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 64] (196)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03-12
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 300D, Sigma 24-70/2.8 EX
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/2000 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-03-20 1:36
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Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus is a native of New Zealand, being found throughout the country and on outlying islands including the Chatham Islands and Sub-antarctic islands.

The Red-billed Gull is a fairly small gull with an all-red bill, red legs and feet, pale grey wings, and black wingtips. There is virtually no sexual dimorphism. It is the smallest gull commonly seen in New Zealand; a recent estimate of the population puts it at half a million birds in the country. Until recently it was regarded as a subspecies of the Silver Gull L. novaehollandiae found in Australia, and the two species are very similar in appearance. However the most recent research suggests that they are not particularly closely related

Behaviorally, the Red-Billed gull is a typical gull. It is an aggressive scavenger and kleptoparasite. Large numbers now live in towns and cities (most New Zealand cities are coastal or nearly so), feeding out of rubbish bins. Nesting is in large colonies; the birds form pair bonds which endure across seasons, but there is a certain amount of extra-pair copulation. Courtship feeding is an important part of the preparation for mating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed_Gull
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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-03-20 12:55]

Hi Scott,
Really nice detail and a good exposure, great note. It's a shame you clipped one wing and blurred the other, probably the aperture was set too large which caused the blur. Beautiful sky colour, I'm envious as it's totally grey here!
Regards,
Adrian

Good catpure here Scott, it is always hard to get birds in flight so you've done a good job. You must of been quite close to be only using a 70mm lens to get that much detail.

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