Comments on: Intermediate Telephoto Zoom Lenses Kill in San Diego and Elsewhere! And Pleasant Nikon D850 Memories. https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/11/28/intermediate-telephoto-zoom-lenses-kill-in-san-diego-and-elsewhere-and-pleasant-nikon-d850-memories/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Elinor Osborn https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/11/28/intermediate-telephoto-zoom-lenses-kill-in-san-diego-and-elsewhere-and-pleasant-nikon-d850-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-1899745 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:28:34 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77247#comment-1899745 1- Which background you prefer? #2 It gives the feeling of how rough the water is. What the habitat is like.
2- Which flight pose do you like best? #2 The wing position shows the gull is doing something– like landing. I like action. I like the right wing stretched forward. It’s length and action shape are awesome.
3- Which is the prettier gull? Probably #1. I’m basing that on previous photos of yours.
4- Overall, which is the strongest image? #2 by far. It shows action and feeling of habitat (like I’m there, feeling the wind and hearing the waves) and #1 is more static with the gull in fixed wing soaring pose with the habitat far away. I also see more of the gull in #2–legs etc.–although that’s certainly not a rule for making strong images.

]]> By: Hank Fowler https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/11/28/intermediate-telephoto-zoom-lenses-kill-in-san-diego-and-elsewhere-and-pleasant-nikon-d850-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-1899718 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 16:59:48 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77247#comment-1899718 Hi Artie
I like the first image on all three questions. The bird is in a more natural flight pose and also creates a couple of pleasing triangle in the image. Also, the background seems to compliment the overall image better.

Thanks

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