Mary's Photoblog
Welcome to Whitby
Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 20 July 2007 in Animal & Insect.
Back to a few wildlife captures :)
We had just arrived to be greeted by this fella.
Thank you all very much for taking the time to visit, my p-blog and comment on my last few posts I really appreciate all your kind words :)
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
@Shutterbug: Cheers Shutterbug :)
Mike Raffan from Aberdeen, United Kingdom
you just know there is gonna be a big mess on that car soon.
20 Jul 2007 10:42am
@Mike Raffan: LOL :D Mike, Thankfully it wasn't ours! :)
Jenny from Santpoort, Netherlands
@ mike: hahaha:D apparently someone's had a bad seagull experience
@ maryB: nice picture!
20 Jul 2007 10:55am
@Jenny: Cheers Jenny, there are so many of these Gulls, that it's wise to wear a hat when they are around LOL :D
@ColNed Pictures: Cheers ColNed :)
@colin: He was a grand bird colin, and very kind to pose for me, although I think he thought I might have some food for him lol, :)
Nickyj from United Kingdom
Aww Mary - and you had some really nice weather as well when you were away - very lucky considering how wet its been in England too :-)
20 Jul 2007 12:25pm
@Nickyj: Yes Nicky, we were lucky, we did have lots of rain too, when I took this one, you could hear the thunder in the distance, as a storm was moving in!
The worst day was Friday in York, it was torrential all day, we were soaked to the skin that day, lol :)
Will you and Vanessa be in chat on Sunday?
tengtan from Melbourne, Australia
It picked the right car and you picked the right moment to shoot with that attractive glow of the red roof on its belly.
20 Jul 2007 12:26pm
@tengtan: Thanks tengtan, yes he was very kind to pick that one, it did leave a nice colour on him :)
Jen from Alpharetta, United States
Great capture...looks like he's waiting for his ride. : )
20 Jul 2007 12:40pm
@Jen: Cheers Jen :)
@badala: Thanks badala, I'm glad I managed to capture him, before he flew off in shearch of food :)
@Twelvebit: Cheers Twelvebit, he was on the look out for food I think :)
seventhray from Wayland, United States
I just took a look at your sunset shots, they are fabulous! You have a great capture of the gull here! You did a great framing job, I like how you only see the very tops of the cars it looks neat! Wonderful pictures Mary!
20 Jul 2007 2:10pm
@seventhray: Thank you for your visit seventhray, and your lovely compliments, I appreciate them :)
@Johnny Soedomo: Yes, Johnny they are always looking for food, even taking it from your hand. :)
Francois from Lachenaie, Canada
Everything was there just for you !!! Absolutly wonderful, crispy detail of the bird and color of cars. Nice composition. Bravo for that good shot !
20 Jul 2007 3:03pm
@Francois: Thank you Francois, It sure was, couldn't have wished for a better opportunity to capture this.
Vanessa from United Kingdom
Brillaint Mary and I bet you are pleased you are not in Yorkshire this week with all the new rain and flooding.
20 Jul 2007 4:22pm
@Vanessa: Thanks Vanessa :) how lucky we were!!!! we did have 4 days of torrential rain!, though it had cleared up on three of the evenings, Friday was the worst, it was non stop.
Rebel Streetshooter from NYC, United States
Nice image - of the moment. Almost like he/she was poised
to pose. Wonderfully cropped. Cool balance. :-)
20 Jul 2007 4:44pm
@Rebel Streetshooter: Cheers RS, even though they are very annoying birds, there is something about them, I like :)
daniel kurniawan from solo, Indonesia
nice capture Mary.. Fz7 zoom is more than enough.. :P
20 Jul 2007 5:07pm
@daniel kurniawan: Thanks daniel :) I'm still learning with this camera, but I'm happy with it so far :)
@priya: He was a very proud bird :)
Helgi from Montclair, United States
WOW! Nice colors....thanks for the kind words :-)
20 Jul 2007 6:00pm
@Helgi: No problem Helgi, thank you for your visit too :)
@Olaide: He was beautiful, although they are troublesome birds at times.
Thank you Olaide :)
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Haha... you never miss anything cute around you, right LOL!!! Another lovely shot, though this time its not in the Zoooo!!!
20 Jul 2007 6:29pm
@Rahul: LOL Rahul, Ian says I have eyes in the back of my head! :D tomorrow I have shots from the Sealife Centre, so there was no escaping my camera LOL :D
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Great capture, hope he didn't leave something on your car !!!
20 Jul 2007 8:46pm
@Richard_Irwin: LOL no Richard, thankfully it wasn't my car :)
I hope you enjoyed your break and the weather was good for you!
@LuisRodrigues: Thank you Luis, for your visit and your kind comment :)
@Ling: I was very happy that he chose that car to land on. thank you Ling :)
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
Cool!! I have a similar shot I took in Acadia in Maine a few years back. Nice shot!!! :)
21 Jul 2007 10:40am
Herbert from Meerkerk, Netherlands
Hmm...so many words are already commented on your beautiful picture....what a nice catch!...the colors of the cars play an important role here!
22 Jul 2007 9:29am
@Herbert: Thank you very much Herbert, I like the way the colour reflected too :)
Christine from Houston, United States
"What? I would never leave a present for the owners of this lovely car." Beautiful photo and colors.
22 Jul 2007 11:49am
@Christine: lol. Christine, they were leaving presents everwhere! :)
pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal
these seagulls very dangerous, they drop bombs.
22 Jul 2007 10:37pm
@pedro alexandre: They are pedro, they were dropping lots of them in Whitby :)
Erik from Netherlands
I remember visiting Cornwall with its signs: "don't feed the seagulls" and now I understand! His arrogance!
25 Jul 2007 10:39pm
Panasonic DMC-FZ7
1/500 second
F/7.1
ISO 100
151 mm (35mm equiv.)