Frequently referred to as "Sky Rats" by coastal residents, gulls are ever present. Whether in the parking lot of a fast food resturant begging for a fry or hovering over a fishing trawler they are a familar sight along coastal areas. Still there is something graceful about their seemingly effortless flight. Tourists visiting from inland locations are thrilled by their presence. After all, few things say ocean better than the sight of a sea gull. Here's a couple shots taken with my Canon 40D and the Tokina 400mm f/5.6 while exporing the beach a couple days ago. Manual mode, ISO 320, f/7.1, 1/1600, hand-held.

Hey Bob,

Nice shot. I apologize for this, but I am about to hijack your thread. :P Who did your logo? I love it.

James

I did my logo. I took the horse from one of my photos, used the magic wand tool in photoshop to select what I wanted to keep, inversed selection and used the eraser tool to eliminate the background, inversed again and used the bucket tool to turn everything white, adjusted opacity, saved as a png. Did an inverse version as well so it would work in either left or right corner and added text. Viola. I sometimes wonder if I shouldn't do a bird or a tree for non wild horse images, but I'm too lazy for that.