ddoes this count

evil eggplant

Sure it counts. Not quite as exotic as Herrys' herons and egrets, but a stunning specimen of gnarly old gull

Harryb

evil eggplant wrote:

Sure it counts. Not quite as exotic as Herrys' herons and egrets, but a stunning specimen of gnarly old gull

Hey Rich,

I'm gonna start a drive to collect money so we can send the Eggplant to a place where they have decent birds to shoot. Thats a fine pic but its still a "gnarly old gull". Your talents deserve better. :cry

Andy

Harryb wrote:

Hey Rich,

I'm gonna start a drive to collect money so we can send the Eggplant to a place where they have decent birds to shoot. Thats a fine pic but its still a "gnarly old gull". Your talents deserve better. :cry

eggy,


don't listen to the old codger. he's probably a dose of geritol short today and he's a bit of an egret-snob, if y'know what i mean? :hide



itsa good bif, sharp, clear, and nice bg too.

Dee

I like it
That gnarly old bird is an inbetween -- a teenager so to speak! He or she will lose those brown feathers and become sleek and pretty soon. But, I didn't know this until my daughter took a Marine Biology class in college and told me. Until then I thought there were spotted gulls, brown gulls and white gulls!

This reminds me of my favorite of all time gull shots I took, but I missed the wing tip, so that's why I like it!

Harryb

andy wrote:

eggy,


don't listen to the old codger. he's probably a dose of geritol short today and he's a bit of an egret-snob, if y'know what i mean? :hide



itsa good bif, sharp, clear, and nice bg too.

:bigbs

geez what a trouble maker. I said it was a good shot and that Evil needed subjects better suited for his talents. You're going on like this because you're too cheap to donate to the Send the Eggplant to Birdland Fund. :thwak I won't rest till we raise enough $ to get him a good bus ticket. Any excess funds will go to my Home for Wayward Lenses of course.

Angelo

does it count for excellence? I'd say so. Harry, where do I mail the check? (or are you still redeeming green stamps?)

evil eggplant

Harry, nice of you to say so. Gulls, ducks and geese. And lets not forget one coot.

Harryb wrote:

Hey Rich,

I'm gonna start a drive to collect money so we can send the Eggplant to a place where they have decent birds to shoot. Thats a fine pic but its still a "gnarly old gull". Your talents deserve better. :cry

evil eggplant

I wanna retire and be just like Harry. Unfortunately, when I retire I'll probably be eating birds, not photographing them.


Still. it's nice to aspire

evil eggplant

A bus ticket? A freaking bus ticket? I thought I meant more to you than that.

I'm hurt

Harryb wrote:

:bigbs

geez what a trouble maker. I said it was a good shot and that Evil needed subjects better suited for his talents. You're going on like this because you're too cheap to donate to the Send the Eggplant to Birdland Fund. :thwak I won't rest till we raise enough $ to get him a good bus ticket. Any excess funds will go to my Home for Wayward Lenses of course.

evil eggplant

who knew
You learn something every day. Who knew? Thanks for the info. Now, can you tell me what a juvenile pidgeon looks like

Dee wrote:

That gnarly old bird is an inbetween -- a teenager so to speak! He or she will lose those brown feathers and become sleek and pretty soon. But, I didn't know this until my daughter took a Marine Biology class in college and told me. Until then I thought there were spotted gulls, brown gulls and white gulls!

This reminds me of my favorite of all time gull shots I took, but I missed the wing tip, so that's why I like it!

Steve Cavigliano

A very nice Gull shot Rich

You don't need to ride a bus ( :lol ) all the way cross country to find "better" subjects. You've got lots of nice bird areas fairly close by. Virginia Lake, Tahoe, The Delta, The American River,etc..

Not to mention that gull shots aren't garbage Yeah, they're common but some of them are really photogenic. When we were on the Wharf last week, Andy, Ian and I were marveling at how good looking (and white) some of the gulls were. Plus, as your shot illustrates, you can usually see the expression in their eyes cuz you're so close

Thanks for sharing,
Steve