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A gull day
Feb 15, 2019 07:25:19   #
ronichas Loc: Long Island
 
I live on Long Island. A friend and I went out to the Hamptons. It was so windy, difficult to hold the camera but I was able to get a few images of flying gulls, and one yawning one!







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Feb 15, 2019 08:51:07   #
suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ
 
You did good!
The benefits of the wind blowing is that it slows down their flight and out of that come some fun poses. But it is hard to keep the camera still especially if you have a big hood attached.

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Feb 15, 2019 08:57:48   #
Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia
 
Great set!

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Feb 15, 2019 08:59:28   #
ronichas Loc: Long Island
 
suntouched wrote:
You did good!
The benefits of the wind blowing is that it slows down their flight and out of that come some fun poses. But it is hard to keep the camera still especially if you have a big hood attached.


Thanks so much. I did not find it slowed them down. They were flying quickly, it was hard to keep focus at times.

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Feb 15, 2019 09:03:45   #
suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ
 
ronichas wrote:
Thanks so much. I did not find it slowed them down. They were flying quickly, it was hard to keep focus at times.


After I learned that birds take off in the wind and land in the wind I started to seek out those windy days because they just sort of hover for a second or two before they get their "wind wings". Maybe the wind has to be pretty strong for that to happen though. And maybe it doesn't affect them so much if they are already in flight like yours were.

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Feb 15, 2019 09:44:21   #
SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL
 
Nice set Roni. I really like the pose in the second shot.

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Feb 15, 2019 10:20:54   #
ronichas Loc: Long Island
 
SpyderJan wrote:
Nice set Roni. I really like the pose in the second shot.


Thanks so much.

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Feb 15, 2019 14:48:50   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
Hello Ronni and hope you are are doing well. I especially like the third shot. Nice capture.

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Feb 15, 2019 16:58:41   #
ronichas Loc: Long Island
 
Bmac wrote:
Hello Ronni and hope you are are doing well. I especially like the third shot. Nice capture.


Hi,
I am doing great. Thanks so much!

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Feb 16, 2019 18:10:26   #
CanonShot Loc: Lancaster County, PA
 
suntouched wrote:
You did good!
The benefits of the wind blowing is that it slows down their flight and out of that come some fun poses. But it is hard to keep the camera still especially if you have a big hood attached.


Ditto the comments by suntouched. Glad you got shots of this quality.

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Jan 25, 2021 21:20:02   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
Wonderful! I'm looking at the guy with the mouth open... I'd bet one of their shrieks could burst an eardrum

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