Seagull Whisperer by jgpittenger

Seagull Whisperer

On the way down to Shore Acres, we stopped to see if we could shoot some shore birds. We saw one far away grebe and were about to get back in the truck when we noticed a ruckus in the seagull community. The woman calling them down for treats clearly had a personal relationship with several of them! Best on black for sure. People are asking if this is a composite...yes. I tagged it as such. I also used a couple of textures. She had about 50 seagulls in the air surrounding her, so I tried to express that feeling without having them be covering each other over and some not in focus.
Thanks for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs.
This is beautiful Jane. The colors are just Fab!
December 1st, 2016  
Fabulous capture! I love the soft tones and composition. Fav!
December 1st, 2016  
This is magical!!
December 1st, 2016  
Great shot. HDR?
December 1st, 2016  
Great photo. Another fav!
December 1st, 2016  
Wonderful, fav
December 1st, 2016  
A composite? The tones are beautiful and DOF great.
December 1st, 2016  
so wonderful! fav
December 1st, 2016  
Beautiful lighting. Yes wondering likw @taffy
December 1st, 2016  
@taffy Yes. Thanks
December 1st, 2016  
@julzmaioro yes...it's in the Tags
December 1st, 2016  
Very cool
December 1st, 2016  
Super capture, great clarity. Fav!! 😃
December 1st, 2016  
Simply stunning Jane! Fabulous capture and terrific processing. I love the tones - the image just made me say WOW! Huge fav!
December 1st, 2016  
The birds look almost too real!
December 1st, 2016  
A beautiful evocative image, I love the soft tones :)
December 1st, 2016  
Superb timing and capture, composition
December 1st, 2016  
Wondeful shot fav
December 1st, 2016  
PS No problem in composites, sometimes the best way to go.
December 1st, 2016  
Nice composite
@snaggy
December 1st, 2016  
Fabulous work Jane
December 1st, 2016  
That has been put together so well. Beautiful colours and subject.
December 1st, 2016  
This works well... and deservedly so after all your hard work!
December 2nd, 2016  
wow wow wow... huge fav
December 2nd, 2016  
@kingstonroadcreative not HDR, but yes composite
December 2nd, 2016  
@christophercox real they were for sure
December 2nd, 2016  
Awesome fav
December 2nd, 2016  
What an awesome capture and processing. May have to look into the composite aspect. Haven't heard that one before.
December 2nd, 2016  
I love the way you did this - absolutely fantastic composite and those tones and lighting are amazing. What a neat sight to come across and get to watch (and shoot). Fav
December 2nd, 2016  
Fabulous
December 2nd, 2016  
very nice composition!
December 2nd, 2016  
Big smiles Jane! The composition is really nice and eye catching for sure! Nice tones and the image cut-out layers look good! Fav!
December 2nd, 2016  
Lovely interesting shot...Fav
December 2nd, 2016  
Fabulous result Jane, I really love it, FAV
December 2nd, 2016  
Awesome capture. Fav!
December 2nd, 2016  
Awesome shot
December 3rd, 2016  
Although I hit the "fav" button yesterday, I am circling back around the compliment you on the processing here... really excellent work. I simply must learn/take time to concentrate on this task! :)
December 3rd, 2016  
Great use of colour & texture Jane! I like the composition that challenges the viewer with a slightly 2D vs 3D effect which fascinates the mind... And it needed the spot on focus in the images to start with ! :)
December 3rd, 2016  
Super super awesome - tones really make it!
December 3rd, 2016  
excellent
December 3rd, 2016  
Absolutely fantastic image Jane, wonderful processing.
December 3rd, 2016  
Fantastic image. Fav
December 3rd, 2016  
What a gorgeous and endearing image!
December 10th, 2016  
Wow!
December 10th, 2016  
wow! you have created an amazing image - well done!
December 11th, 2016  
This is beautiful.
December 12th, 2016  
Congratulations Jane! Very deserving of making it to the Top Twenty!
December 13th, 2016  
Fantastic
December 13th, 2016  
WOW!!!! IMPRESSIVE!!!! Most congratulations on TT!!!!
December 17th, 2016  
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