Paul Wood's Photography: Sea Gulls

Saturday, June 03, 2006

I like to photograph sea gulls. Not only are they graceful in flight they are great to practice my panning on.

At June 03, 2006 9:51 PM, Anonymous said...: I love the reflection of the seagull on the water. Very cool.
At June 04, 2006 9:10 AM, Paul Wood said...: Hi Mrs R.O.T:

The reflection picture was taken at Ritchie Lake the end of November last year. It was a tough shot as I was using an old 300 mm manual fixed lens. I had no metering on my camera so I set the aperature for a reasonable DOF and guessed the correct shutter speed. The place I was standing was icy and my tripod and I kept sliding downhill. I saw this seagull coming in low and was determined to get a picture of him. I pre-focused on a spot in front and tracked him until he got where I thought he should be and snapped the shutter. I am getting too accustomed to zoom and auto focus I guess. I am pleased it turned out as good as it did. I got a 12 X 18 print made and it looks really good. I plan to get it framed sometime soon.
At June 04, 2006 8:56 PM, Just Us Girls said...: cool shots!! I also like the refection one and the sea gull coming out of the water.

Good job Daddy!