Flock of five Mew Gulls at sunset, shown in silhouette on the golden wet sand
Flock of five Mew Gulls at sunset, shown in silhouette on the golden wet sand, Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, CA, 13 Feb 2010. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike [at} mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com; Canon 5D, Canon 100-400mm IS Lens with Circular Polarizer, handheld.
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Rezoan Ratul, {Lina}, ~Ranveig Marie~, wesbs, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Rezoan Ratul (40 months ago | reply)
Wow! Stunning Tones!! Awesome Composition!
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gjbrown [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot.
Camokazi (40 months ago | reply)
awesome
{Lina} (40 months ago | reply)
Lovely shot!
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FM54TO (40 months ago | reply)
Very nice shot!
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wesbs (40 months ago | reply)
Wow, this and the other photo are amazing!
natworld50 (40 months ago | reply)
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egal_ist_88 (40 months ago | reply)
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Miaowlicious (40 months ago | reply)
Stunning capture. Beautiful colours and silhouettes
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Lilycat09 (more off than on for now) (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful, such a wonderful colour
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Roby B. (40 months ago | reply)
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madbesl (40 months ago | reply)
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byrne.images (out on assignment) (40 months ago | reply)
Mike, we saw plenty of birds posing while walking the beach at sunset, glad you clicked these, I didn't take the time =)
Up to Ragged Point this morning with a stop at San Simeon for the seals...
artdeco2 (40 months ago | reply)
wonderful silhouette
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howardignatius (40 months ago | reply)
Nice tonal quality! Birds of the feather ......!
Frank217 (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
*sido* (40 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
And the tones are beautiful.
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Sarah E's Photostream [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Lovely colour, and the birds look great in silhouette.
madian778608 (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture !
lamoustique (40 months ago | reply)
Lovely capture, the wet sand looks like liquid copper.
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Linawny (40 months ago | reply)
Don't want to stop looking at this awesome picture !
LeStudioUP (40 months ago | reply)
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Baracca (40 months ago | reply)
Comment ce genre de prise !!!!!
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PhotoSenseDatum (40 months ago | reply)
Great!
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jkirkhart35 (40 months ago | reply)
Very nice, Mike. Love the light. It is perfect. You have this down to a science.
MattSullivan (40 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot!
dave millers photos (40 months ago | reply)
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d.r.garvin (40 months ago | reply)
Sweet shot!
docentjoyce (40 months ago | reply)
Really like the silhouettes. Excellent shot.
Beth Sargent (40 months ago | reply)
Fantastic. I love the deep color and contrast.. The wet sand reflecting the sun light looks like gold. Man I love Morro Strand.
slobirdr (40 months ago | reply)
Mike, your positioning for the shot of the five Mew Gulls is well balanced, tightly focused and takes advantage of their reflections as well as their silhouettes. And the tonal quality is outstanding...
mikebaird (40 months ago | reply)
slobirdr wrote
Greg, Thanks for the thoughtful comments, and the Mew Gull ID - I wasn't sure.
Mebi555 (40 months ago | reply)
Pretty sure they're herman's gulls but i could be wrong.
Brahm@ [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
Very nice shot.
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Betolandia (40 months ago | reply)
PERFECT!
Congrats!
Giess Monika, on-off (40 months ago | reply)
wonderful composition and stunning colour
Mimi Ditchie (40 months ago | reply)
Beautiful golden light on the wet sand and silhouettes.
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kevincole (40 months ago | reply)
The even exposure across the frame, the balance of elements and the rich red tones put this is the stunning moments category, great work as always Mike.
Pets4Dawn (40 months ago | reply)
everything in this shot is perfect...
jeff the (amateur) photographer (39 months ago | reply)
gorgeous.
NY_Girl (39 months ago | reply)
I love this!
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Beautifully composed. Great capture
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Clive_Bushnell (39 months ago | reply)
Absolutely beautiful sillouettes and so nicely complimented by the relected setting sun - top notch
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Naveesh Goyal (39 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot... very beautiful.
George Donnelly (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks for sharing, beautiful shot.
Silver-eye (27 months ago | reply)
This is really lovely!