Sea-side sun-set gulls at IJmuiden
The sun sets early here in the Netherlands in December. So is was just after 4 pm on 12/11 on the IJmuiden North-Sea beach that the sun prepared itself in such a magnificent manner for its departure.
With a little effort I could train these gulls to fly just between me and the sun. It proved impossible however to get just one or two do it right. So the shot is somewhat crowded. I hope you will not mind that.
IJmuiden, 11th December 2007, 4.07 pm
Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 55 mm
F 16, 1/200, ISO 200
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velveteagle
This is so beautiful.. Fantastic capture…
KCphoto
Beautiful capture!! :)K
Els Steutel
wonderful shot!!
aphoto4you
SUPERB IMAGE wow…...Into my favorites it goes
Jonicool
Such an amazing capture!! Love the birds and you couldn’t have arranged those clouds any better! Stunning work!
Martie Venter
Wow – this is truly breathtaking, superb composition and light!
sunchaser
Really beautiful!
Stacy Cole
Beautiful,great capture
Gregory Ewanowich
Wonderful capture with the seagulls! Beautiful sunset.
Justin Seymour
This is wonderful! Love the colors you got. Not to mention the perfect timing with the birds.
berndt2
Magnificent – well composed (and orchestrated!)
Geri Bragg
stunning shot !
Basia McAuley
Another stunning image!
DWarren
Truely the most beautiful sunset photo I have ever seen!!
Heabar
just awesome shot & i love the seagulls flying through !! well done mate:)
PhotoAmbiance
Really great, also the focus on the birds is superb.
shanghaiwu
this is brilliant/great work
hilarydougill
Glorious capture, wonderful colours and vista, beautiful birds.
mmills3080
J- Looks just gorgeous!!
Patricia Michaud
Great capture!
jivz
wow wat een geweldige foto!
Steve Chapple
Great silhouettes…
JRScalzo
What a magnificant shot!
bidkev
Simply beautiful.
kev
Larry Trupp
Amazing capture, instant fav
Nancy Polanski
You can teach those seagulls to do everything you want them to do…..then as soon as you get out the camera, they do what they want anyway!
LOL, your seagull description was funny! This is beautiful, in spite of the gulls! And I can see why you liked my Ocean City picture. They are somewhat similar. Thank you for the comment and the Favorite!
dinghysailor1
wonderful capture!! hoping the winter training programme continues to go well
:))
JennyDean
fantastic.
triciamary
Great shot! The colours and setting are just perfect. Good job!
Randall Scholten
What a marvelous photo! It doesn’t “feel” crowded to me!
Nancy Stafford
elasita
very nice
satwant
Wonderful work. I saw some of your pictures all are well exposed and leaves an impact over the viewer. Well done.
Hans Goepel
This is so beautiful.. Fantastic capture…this image warms my heart!
Nick Hunt
Lovely work, well done.
Walter Colvin
Excellent.
Pat Yager
How ever did I miss this one, dear Juergen! It’s “out of this world”! ~ Pat