A seagull

1. The shot is so crappy. I liked how the bird is positioned on that bright sky, only it was completely out of focus. So, long live edits!
2. Why is a seagull so interesting? Because I live in a mountain area and seagulls should live, well.. around the sea... A few years ago, somehow, a flock of seagulls moved in this area. And they are more and more by the year. But, just as Vikki said, I also want to stay away from pigeons in this animal week.
And darn it is so hard to photograph flying birds.

[Kathy A]

Yes, it’s out of focus but it’s a lovely minimalistic shot and that bird is a lovely shape

[Susan Wakely]

You can clearly see what it is so to say that it is a crappy shot is a bit harsh. To catch any bird inflight is not easy and I really like this.

[Mags]

Very nice!

[Casablanca]

I like it. I use the "sports" auto setting on my camera to capture birds because it refocuses all the time and goes with the movement. Not foolproof but it can work very well.

[moni kozi]

@casablanca Wow! Thanks for the tip! I need to try it. Very much obliged!

[LManning (Laura)]

I actually think it would be less interesting if it were in sharp focus. This has more of an artistic feel that I really like.
In addition to @casablanca 's tip, if you don't have a sport mode you may have a setting for "continuous autofocus" that will achieve the same thing.

[borof]

Not that bad, but you have more chance of a good flying bird shot with a telephoto lens, say 200 mm or 400 mm focal length.

[moni kozi]

@ljmanning Thank you, Laura, for that advice! I did use the continuous autofocus, but i was not able to get the bird in frame so that the camera had someting to focus on. It struggled with the sky and the bird was gone. The pricks don't wait for me to focus! 😒

[moni kozi]

@borof Yes, probably my equipment is the main cause, as is my lack of practice in this area.

[Yao RL]

It is the composition that makes a difference.

[Christina]

Composition is fab!

[*lynn]

I like your shot and what you wrote about gulls.

[Bucktree]

Interesting that the seagulls hang near the mountains. I like the position of the wings. Nice capture.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful composed capture of the bird in a great sky.

[bruni]

I like the bird. like to bring it down a bit, but then birds fly high. great shot. I have a difficult time also with flying birds. we have hundreds of geese flying from the feeding fields back to the lake and since we're only 120 steps away from the lake they're coming in low for a quick landing.

[Chris Cook]

Shooting birds in flight, keeping them in the frame and maintaining focus is not easy, I struggle with it all the time. Continuous auto focus is the way to go, it just takes a lot of practice. A longer lens, if you have one, would also help. The composition of this frame is excellent. I love all the negative space.

[moni kozi]

It is good to know that it's not entirely my fault, but also the equipment has some limitations. I'll see if I get some other shots (I'll need to go out from the house again for that). Thank you very much for the valuable input @kjarn @wakelys @marlboromaam @casablanca @ljmanning @borof @yaorenliu @christinav @lynnz @dkellogg @pyrrhula @bruni and @cdcook48