LENS CAPTURE

This past Saturday, I ventured down to the South Street Seaport with the camera in tow. I like the Seaport because it's usually pretty easy to come upon an interesting subject or two.

Since it was windy day, with gusts up to 40 mph, I knew the gulls would be active along the East River. So I strolled out onto the promenade deck at Pier 17 where I was quickly greeted by this Ring-billed Gull. He was approximately 20" tall with a wingspan that looked to be a little more than 4 feet.

Just short of wearing a sign that could have read, "I pose for food," he turned out to be a very willing subject. I really like how the late winter afternoon Sun provided a nice catchlight in his eye. This lighting also allowed me to set my ISO real low at 100 to capture a load of detail. Since these gulls are scavengers and their heads are constantly moving, you need to shoot with a pretty fast shutter speed to freeze the subject.

I invite you to join me up on the LensCapture Flickr Group to view some more images from the day. Feel free to add your images to the group to share with our community.

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