POTD 7/3 2013: Greedy gull

"Greedy Gull" ©2006 Lars Clausen
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An old picture, from the ferry between Denmark and Norway. The gulls were quite proficient at sweeping in and picking food from between people's fingers.

This was not long after I got my first SLR, so I was testing its limits - which turned out to be surprisingly wide. What I like about this photo is that I got the texture on the body and at the same time the wings spread out like that adds drama. It's slightly cropped from the right and bottom to focus on those parts. Unfortunately, there is a slight amount of movement to the gull, even though the shot was taken at 1/1000th of a second.