Western Gull In Flight
by Brian Tada
Title
Western Gull In Flight
Artist
Brian Tada
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photographs
Description
A western gull (Larus occidentalis) displays its beautiful plumage and majestic wingspan as it flies close by on a balmy sunny afternoon at Richardson Bay in Mill Valley, California near San Francisco.
I took this photo during a walk on a footbridge over a tributary in a marsh area during hot weather.
This is basically the way the image came from the camera without any cropping and with only minimal processing to conserve the natural colors and details.
The in-flight action of this bird happened so quickly that it was only after I started preparing this photo for presentation that I began to appreciate the scope of this gull's magnificent wingspan.
"So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good." (Genesis 1:21, NKJV)
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Grateful to God and thankful to the group administrator(s) for featuring this image on the home page(s) of the Fine Art America group(s) ::
* WILD BIRDS OF THE WORLD, 04.06.19
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Photo copyright © 2015 Brian Tada. All rights reserved. To the glory of God. Downloading, photographing, copying, screen capturing, distributing and/or altering this image in any way is strictly prohibited, without the express written permission of the photographer, Brian Tada.
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August 30th, 2015
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Comments (16)
William Tasker
I enjoyed viewing this fine nature photograph and have featured it on the homepage of the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Brian Tada replied:
Thank you very much, William, for selecting this image as a feature in your amazing birding group, so greatly appreciated! Thank you for your leadership, time and efforts supporting artists. God bless you!
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this great flight photo of a Western Gull, Brian! F/L/Voted!!
Brian Tada replied:
Morris, thank you very much for the honor of your revisit, kind words and support, greatly appreciated!
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful flight photograph of a Gull in flight, with great timing, eye contact, perspective and composition, Brian! F/L
Brian Tada replied:
Morris, thank you very much for the honor of your kind words, fave and like, greatly appreciated. God bless you!
Melly Terpening
Fabulous Seagull photograph, Brian! FL
Brian Tada replied:
Hi Melly, thank you so much for your gracious compliment and fave/like, very honored and grateful! God bless you!
Veikko Suikkanen
Excellent flight capture Brian! L
Brian Tada replied:
Hi, Veikko! Thank you very much for your gracious and kind comment! Greatly appreciate it and for liking this image. God bless you, have an awesome week!
Gabriella Weninger - David
WOW... this is just STUNNING.... sooo wonderful image and sooo FANTASTIC capture Brian!!!
Brian Tada replied:
Thank you so much, Gabriella, for your kind words and the honor of your visit! Greatly appreciate your continued support and encouragement. God bless you, and have an awesome day/weekend!
Donna Kennedy
Marvelous close-up of this seagull inflight Brian!...fav/like
Brian Tada replied:
Thank you, Donna! Am greatly honored by your fav/like and kind words. This seagull was flying along the tributary and since the footbridge I was on crossed its path, it came right by. Blessings, have a super evening/day/week!
Pamela Blizzard
Fantastic gull capture! shared
Brian Tada replied:
Thanks, Pamela! Appreciate greatly your kind comment and visit, and thank you for sharing! I was amazed how wide a wingspan seagulls have. Truly astounded at God's creation. Blessings!