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Copyright: Pablo Minto (pablominto) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5961 W: 532 N: 6059] (27220)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-21
Categories: Daily Life, Humorous, Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-25 3:42
Viewed: 590
Points: 135
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Outside my kitchen window. Last Saturday. The gull is focused on the food and doesn’t mind me.

Dry bread is not the favourite of these guys. But that is what they get. However I have done some research on their preferred food, and the list
goes like this:

Danish salami
Gouda cheese
Sweet biscuits

Dry bread with liver pâté
Dry bread

I have to test out with herring later...

They become more and more brave… next they will probably come inside to get the food in the refrigerator themselves!

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Hi Pablo,
very nice and interestng idea , excellent realisation too, well seen and executed, perfect focus, good one!!! :)
TFS

Have a nice day my friend!

hello Pablo
how are you?
a dramatic composition
it seems that you dosenot wanted to disturbe the bird sitting outside
As your title says "Focused" an appropritae example of focusing. i like the defocused foreground.
sharp and clear image.
thanks for sharing
regards
Manuj Mehta

Great note. Excellent portrait Pablo! Very sharp, great detail. Well composed and presented.
Best wishes,
Achim

Hi Pablo,

Fine shot.
Sharp on the subject !!
Good notes, and the last version is a smiley: "They become more and more brave… next they will probably come inside to get the food in the refrigerator themselves!"

Excellent.
Enjoy !!

jp

Hi Pablo,
Perfect shot and good focus of this pictue taken in a fence of the window, very good food to see her again, Excellent done.
lovely catch.
compliments
Michel

Great work my friend. Very clever indeed.

About your suggestion, please let me see what's in your mind thru WS. Let us see the outcome of your new background color. It's 100% ok with me.
Cheers,
Dennis

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4071 W: 209 N: 3509] (26689)
  • [2008-06-25 7:39]

Hi Pablo

A good sneak peek shot between the columns, of the bird in the bg. Good colour & sharpness. Tfs!

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1650 W: 0 N: 1] (10591)
  • [2008-06-25 10:18]

Hi Pablo
beautiful composition wish the good focus.
Gr Jos

Hi Pablo,
Sort of like a peek-a-boo photo. There is good sharpness on the gull, I like the positioning on the frame. Best regards, Danilo

Hello Pablo,

Nice candid shot, fine menu :)
It's beautiful idea - flying near you kitchen!

Malik & Mary.

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  • wilth Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 217 W: 30 N: 325] (1191)
  • [2008-06-25 12:16]

Nice capture and depth. Very effective softness of the window and window frame to focus attention on the gull.
Great idea and great execution.
Thanks for the view,
Wilt

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  • clic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 683 W: 0 N: 153] (3848)
  • [2008-06-25 12:48]

Hello Pablo
A touching view of your new friend....fortunately, you did'nt adopt the lone cat last year!
An innovative foreground that suggest respect to bird's habits.
I will leave again tomorrow for about a week.
Best regards.
Robert

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2457 W: 51 N: 2860] (13522)
  • [2008-06-25 13:16]

Hello Pablo,
Beautiful protection these photo with beautiful colors and perspective. Very beautifully made. Super made, that have you class shown with very good sharpness, Wonderful idea pleases me here.

Greetings.
Janusz

You have spoiled gulls living in Norway Pablo!
Imagine that, next time they will demand you serve it on a platter with some champagne as well ^-^.
Still it's good seeing wildlife around your house, but you better keep them outside.
Nice catch peeking through that half opened window.

TFS
Els

Hola Pablo,
original trabajo,
inteligente captura,
sibarita gaviota, hahaha...;))
saludos amigo.
Mi web site: www.victorcardoso.es.

Hello Pablo,
Great candid shot..I like how you get this picture..nice story!..:)
Good composition and nice detail,good use of depth too.
Wonderful done my friend.

CM

Thanks for your kind words on "SKY AND CLOUDS".

Hi Pablo,

i think not only the gull was focusing on her food. the photographer was also focusing on his subject as well....:)

..and the result of that focusing is really great!

TFS
regards
Agoes

Nice catch! It's beautiful composition with great focusing.
greetings,

figen

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5039 W: 178 N: 5894] (31479)
  • [2008-06-26 5:27]

Hello Pablo


You have a good one to look to capture good moments.
I adored your creativity and sensibility of giving one
beautiful shot for among the window.
Excellent macro, clear and clean.
perfect visual and colors.
perfect focus, good one.
Congratulations my friend...

Sérgio
:)

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2050 W: 59 N: 2082] (12613)
  • [2008-06-26 10:23]

Very cute Pablo... Thanks for...
Excellent capture. - Good colors, sharpness and details.
Well done...
Regd. George

very nice photo.. if you give this good food. you make the birds happy... :-)
your photo is ver nice and sarcastik. this a documentary szene. normaly the gulls eat fish. but the human cultur makes the birds salami eaters :-))
I find the compo very good, this is bit triller. "What´s going on??" or "Is it the Murder??".. Ilke the dramaturgi also in your photo..

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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 1003 W: 57 N: 31] (5180)
  • [2008-06-26 22:57]

Bonjour,
Intéressante idée de cadrage.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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  • Cyn Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 49 W: 0 N: 15] (310)
  • [2008-06-27 6:30]

Hi Pablo,what a beautiful capture! Well done!Marleen

Hi Pablo,
Fantastic POV and amazing sharpness and light.
Congrats, mb
: ltr

Hello Pablo. I like the note and looking forward to your shot in the kitchen :-). Nice peep with the blurry foreground depicting the careful view. Sharp detail of the gull in well lit image. I like this and thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend and keep shooting and sharing. Jusni

Wow really good shot. You wont believe it but I were trying thesame angle like this shot with the models last nyt but it turned blur not adequate shutter speed I think.
Really sharp shot.

cris(",)

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1478 W: 7 N: 1544] (8512)
  • [2008-06-27 13:01]

Hallo Pablo,
das passt perfekt zu dem Bild, das ist ein fantastisches Bild, mit klasse Farben, Details und super Note.
Liebe Grüsse
Eva

Of this I am not sure Pablo. Colour and sharpness are okay as is the focus on the gull but I feel the window frames/curtains interfere with teh composition...sorry.
David

In th eUSA, they had snatched my food while I slept on the beach!

Hi Pablo,
Nice framing... good way to lure your subject. Well captured and composed with good image quality. Well done! tfs and have a nice weekend.
Cheers,
Renier

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  • dbp Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 702 W: 11 N: 91] (3504)
  • [2008-06-28 0:41]

Hello Pablo
a very nice shot from nice pov and well composed.
thanks for your kind comment on
"grandpa fireworks".
best regards
David

Hi Pablo,
That good capture of this seagull. Excellent
focus with point of view of this beautiful
composition.TFS
Greetings
H.Ayhan

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3266 W: 79 N: 2548] (17273)
  • [2008-06-28 1:55]

Wow, Thats what I like too. Together with a cold Beer of course. haha
Well 'balanced' picture, Pablo.
Cheers.
Jan

different kind of capture.. lovely shot from the window.. i wonder if you live near the sea because of the seagull.. hehe.. tfs..

regards, terry

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  • karith Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 41 N: 774] (5345)
  • [2008-06-28 10:11]

Oh, what a chuckle I got reading your note. Fun shot of the gull, too, with the unique POV/composition through the window for interesting context. The gull's focus is clear (yes, double meaning). An enjoyable shot and story:)

Hi Pablo,
excellent work and nice idea.
Regards.
A.

ciao Pablo..
yes.. it's focused.. and well focused!! a detail so well taken.. and so alive.. in a certain way.. alive.. true!! many thanks
ciao Marco

Ciao Pablo, lovely composition with cute colors, splendid focus, great sharpness and good details, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Hello Pablo,

I can see I have been gone awhile, So it may take a little while to catch up on the wonderful photo you have uploaded in you gallery, excllent work, great colors bg pov dof excllent deyails well balaced and composed photo

TFS Kyle

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1369 W: 122 N: 1952] (16441)
  • [2008-06-29 7:07]

Hello Pablo, very funny shot! Those guys are fearless for sure, well done, thanks!

Mario

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  • budgun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 301 W: 2 N: 319] (1691)
  • [2008-06-29 20:22]

Hi Pablo,
These guys are indeed bold in their prusuit of gorment dilacy.
On the other hand they keep our beaches clean.
Excellent clear color to this charming balancing act.
Now you got me hungry so you better watch out I'm not coming through your kitchen window next with that fine fare listed in your note.
Regards, Tom

Hi Pablo,
Nice humorous work my friend.
A masterfully presented composition
TFS
Selahattin E

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  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 780 W: 0 N: 1191] (4966)
  • [2008-06-30 9:21]

HI Pablo
I like this peek a boo shot with the food attracting the bird.
Good angle shot
Dot

Pablo

el enfoque bien logrado te felicito

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  • Mitra Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1445 W: 75 N: 810] (7204)
  • [2008-07-01 11:28]

very nice composition, well seen and executed & perfect focus. Well done.
Mitra

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  • dip Silver Star Critiquer [C: 27 W: 0 N: 0] (227)
  • [2008-07-01 13:54]

Nice shot with excellent sharpness Pablo!
well seen and captured,
Dimitris.

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  • jone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1780 W: 65 N: 0] (16425)
  • [2008-07-02 0:37]

Hi friendy ;)
Original shot, TFS
Best,
J ;)

Hello Pablo! Very nice bird. Original work. Very good lightness and sharpness. Good capture. Good luck!

Excellent capture, I like the unusual compo and the details. I have only turtle doves and sparrows near my house, but I think I have spotted some sea gulls once or twice. That's true, they were flying up in the sky, they did not come to be fed.

TFS,
Andreea

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 0 N: 131] (1671)
  • [2008-07-02 9:10]

Hello,

Quelle image, quel cadrage, superbe, entre la fenêtre entre-ouverte, est-ce qu'il va rentrer chiper qulquechose à manger ? tois suel le sait, superbe.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

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  • Romeu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 288 W: 0 N: 154] (1405)
  • [2008-07-02 11:09]

Hi Pablo,

love the idea! Great work, love the image.

Congratulations,
Romeu

Hi Pablo...nice sharp bird...

Roger

Hi Pablo!
Oh my gosh the foods you have mentioned that are the gulls favorite? They are all my husbands favorites too! I wonder what that means? ha ha!
Great shot of the hungry gull, and great focus on him as well!
TFS
Donna:o)

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  • inaam Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1738 W: 5 N: 382] (1348)
  • [2008-07-04 4:22]

Hello Pablo,

I was stunned to the see the precised focus on the little bird which is shot between the relatively larger objects. Beautifully composed image, very impressive. Well done my friend.

Thanks for sharing this shot.

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 566 W: 40 N: 632] (3970)
  • [2008-07-04 4:48]

Hi Pablo
Nice capture of the seagul. I like the frame of the window creating this peeping slot to look at him.
Well done
Argiris

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  • Fons Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1504 W: 1 N: 108] (11301)
  • [2008-07-04 8:37]
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good way found! Is that stud pink of colour?

Hello Pablo,

A very nice capture and I like your interest and study on their food. Like the colors and DOF. TFS.

Kiran.

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  • trekks Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1302 W: 100 N: 2006] (7734)
  • [2008-07-06 18:22]

very interesting capture without going out, with the subject coming to you and your presence did not scare it away

in a situation like this, you have no other choice but to force the window opening just enough for a shot, there goes composition!

a good catch

tfs, bill

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  • fff Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 616 W: 0 N: 39] (2571)
  • [2008-07-07 9:50]

Hi Pablo well captured sometimes i am facing this problem of getting rid of some wires that disturb focusing good details tfs bye Shimon

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  • Niva Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 862 W: 0 N: 398] (5639)
  • [2008-07-08 17:15]

Great capture, Pablo!
Nice composition. Bravo!
TFS.
Um abraço,
Nivaldo

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  • starky Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 322 W: 2 N: 43] (2748)
  • [2008-07-09 10:42]

Nice shot and advanced picture.
Best regards, Bosko.

Enjoyed your photo and your humorous and interesting reportage!

Love it!
Esthe

Hi Pablo,

Amazing feat in selective focusing and a very original idea!
I like the very unusual composition and the DOF.
TFS,
Vassilis

Haha, you are funny, Pablo! From your list, I like all the foods, in the same order, except the dry bread. that's what the gull would get from me also, and if they don't like it, then tough luck, find your own!
Cheers
Otto

Hi Pablo,
You went straight for the gull and he's is nicely focused , a good exemple as of how to play with depth, your note makes me smile for i too find them bold enough to come feed right out of your plate at picnic sites when you 're there eating ,,, well ok , thank God we're not there yet, lol
TFS,
Carol

Hello Pablo,

Well seen and beautifully executed:)
I like how you composed this image, I feel like I was spying the bird:)
Great quality, as always.
Best,
Iza

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  • erdna Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 992 W: 71 N: 730] (5097)
  • [2008-08-02 7:49]

Your photo is not only beautiful but your write-up made me smile! I like the sharpness and depth of field on this photo.

Andre'

Hi Pablo, Your portfolio has many and varied compositions and this is a good daily life one. I like the slightly sneaky slant to this. TFS. Murray.

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