Seagull photos - What are your thoughts?

[Scott Whaley]

I recently purchased a Sigma 150 - 600 Sports Lens and have been practicing with it. I am using a Canon 7D mark iv. Here are a few photos I took this afternoon. There were several (hundreds) of seagulls flying around one of our beautiful lakes. We don't normally have seagulls here in East Tennessee. What are your thoughts of them?

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[Jeff15]

The first three for me.............

 

[DigiFilm]

First off, I like the lens. Photo-wise I like 1, 2, and 4 the best.

The bird looks awkward to me in #3, and there's that bit of light area just below it's breast that I find distracting.

Regarding #4, I wonder how it would look it you cropped out everything above the shoreline? Just curious. Sometimes I tend to crop to closely and don't give the subject enough room to breathe, so take that for what it's worth.

 

[Fujidave]

1 and 3 are my pick and good shots. Now for the funny thing, there is NO such bird called a seagull as they are just called Gulls