Monday, April 28, 2008

ruffled


ruffled, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

in some ways getting up close to these guys is a little like shooting fish in a barrel.
Put a blanket out in one of our municipal parks and that is like putting out a welcome mat for gulls.

My other choices for today were a shot of a student driven light armoured vehicle or my friend's hands knitting (both on flickr).

This one though appealed to me, partially because of nostalgia - remember discovering Jonathon Livingstone Seagull in highschool (really the best time for that) and more recently Finding Nemo - my youngest child's favourite movie.
We can't see a gull anymore without shrieking "mine! mine".

canon eos 30d, shutter 1/500, 300mm, iso 100

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11 comments:

  1. SharonApril 28, 2008 at 8:17 p.m.

    Beautiful! We do the same thing, Nemo is my little ones favorite right now. He carries his stuffed Nemo everywhere he goes :)

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  2. concretegodmotherApril 28, 2008 at 10:38 p.m.

    this one looks like he really wants to be an eagle. he's trying for the wing posture, anyway. of course, the eagle would scoff at this one's red eyeliner (which i think is pretty fabulous).

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  3. AnnaApril 28, 2008 at 10:59 p.m.

    *L* My girls have long since outgrown Finding Nemo, and we *still* say "Mine, mine, mine!"

    A really great shot, with the wings out like that.

    A.

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  4. KarinApril 28, 2008 at 11:22 p.m.

    The sharpness and the detail in this is just awesome!

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  5. SandieApril 29, 2008 at 4:11 a.m.

    This shot is really balanced and very beautiful!

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  6. Yankee, TransferredApril 29, 2008 at 3:44 p.m.

    There's that 300 mm again! You do amazing work.

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  7. LewApril 29, 2008 at 6:34 p.m.

    You really do good work with birds. And I love Sunday's fish out of water. It must be quite a sight when everything is covered with snow!

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  8. nadiaApril 29, 2008 at 6:38 p.m.

    SO stunning! shall we publish a book? we have quite a collection to choose from...

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  9. Chica, Cienna, and CaliApril 30, 2008 at 5:32 a.m.

    :) my friend's li'l boy refuses to eat fish for food coz he goes, "how can i eat nemo?" :)))

    beautiful light on "your" gull, gawdess.

    and the current pics on my blog are from my old camera. I invested in a Nikon D40 finally ....havent had time yet to go beyond stroking it :)

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  10. angelfeetApril 30, 2008 at 2:52 p.m.

    Great shot and we still love Finding Nemo.

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  11. UnknownMay 3, 2008 at 9:18 p.m.

    nice shot! i love the glistening in the eyes! u r good at close ups! keep posting

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