Bruce gets a take away meal

Travis Easton

Bruce gets a take away meal

Took this shot of a juvenile Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) at Red Bluff last week on a family holiday at Lake Tyers. Another shot that demonstrates the liberating power of my new 5DmkII as this sort of pic was difficult and expensive (on motor drive) for me to take with my old landscape optimized Velvia50 film set up.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII
Lens: EF 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM @ 300mm
Filter: UV
ISO: 200?
Shutter Speed: 1/250thsec
Aperture: f/13
WB: Auto
Post production: jpeg, straightened, cropped and levels in Microsoft Office Picture Manager (yuk, I’ll redo it properly next week from the RAW in PS)

Check out my Birds gallery for more avian delights.

For other shots from this area check out my Gippsland gallery.

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Bruce gets a take away meal by Travis Easton
Bruce gets a take away meal by Travis Easton
  • Lindsay Knowles

    Lindsay Knowles

    Great capture Travis

  • simonesphotos

    simonesphotos

    Brilliant capture Trav!

  • Gethin

    Gethin

    incredible shot Travis!! well done!

  • Robyn Carter

    Robyn Carter

    Great shot – poor crab :) the crab must be feeling somewhat crabby about this :)

  • Travis Easton replied

    Your joke is almost as bad as my caption ;-)

  • Neil Boucher

    Neil Boucher

    Awsome pic Trav!

  • Robyn Carter

    Robyn Carter

    Sorry – I couldn’t help it! lol

  • Travis Easton replied

    Wheeeee I’m flying, wheeeee I’m flying….. oh crap

  • Robert Elliott

    Robert Elliott

    superb capture Travis

  • WendyJC

    WendyJC

    wonderful inflight action and supper!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Fabulous capture, Travis!

  • John McNair

    John McNair

    Brilliant timing Travis.. Great shot.

  • Kim Roper

    Kim Roper

    Lovely in flight detail, good catch!

  • Ginger  Barritt

    Ginger Barritt

    What a fabulous shot!

  • Donovan wilson

    Donovan wilson

    nice one Travis..

  • Stephanie Johnson

    Stephanie Johnson

    That is incredible. What an amazing shot!

  • elphonline

    elphonline

    great shot.

  • Larry Llewellyn

    Larry Llewellyn

    You both GOT IT! Well done!

  • Cheryl  Lunde

    Cheryl Lunde

    Awesome capture. Absolutely amazing!

  • Geoff  Coleman - Landscapes

    Geoff Coleman...

    How cool is this shot – brilliant freeze frame and the detail is just superb.

  • benthebrown

    benthebrown

    Great shot. You have the reflexes of a ninja.

  • Travis Easton replied

    The autofocus on this particular lens is useless so it was all done manually too. Thanks mate

  • Kris Faul

    Kris Faul

    brilliant

  • John Shortt-Smith

    John Shortt-Smith

    Phew! I guess you were just hanging around waiting for a juvenile Pacific Gull with a crab in its craw to fly past?

  • Travis Easton replied

    Walking along the beach with my kids and my sister and her kids and saw this gull kickin’ around in the shallows and got lucky, thanks.

  • Krys Bailey

    Krys Bailey

    Simply awesome timing and perfect details! Bravo!!!!

  • kathy s gillentine

    kathy s gillen...

    excellent capture

  • EvaMcDermott

    EvaMcDermott

    Wonderful capture!

  • Mark Baldwyn

    Mark Baldwyn

    Oh yeah. Wish I’d taken this shot!

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    How cool is that !! Great timing and shot Trav :))

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Fantastic capture

  • Steven Pearce

    Steven Pearce

    Now thats a bird image truly an awesome photo showing more than just the bird, you’ve got a nice neutral background as well that lets the bird stand out but it still helps tell the story. Beautiful Work!

  • ldeiter78

    ldeiter78

    Great capture, beautiful work!

  • Glenna Walker

    Glenna Walker

    What a catch…awesome!

  • BigD

    BigD

    Congratulations you have been feature in 5D Mark II. Kathy and BigD

  • Steve Bullock

    Steve Bullock

    WOW Missed this! Send it over too!

  • LindaR

    LindaR

    excellent catch ~ both of you!! ;) xx

  • Simon Mears

    Simon Mears

    on my word! glorious stuff!

  • picketty

    picketty

    Incredible capture. Bruce eh? looks more like an Arthur to me!

  • nadine henley

    nadine henley

    stunning capture! well done! (poor crab)

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    A fabulous capture – beautiful!!!!

  • Tenee Attoh

    Tenee Attoh

    What a great shot, just glorious well done:)

  • Pat Moore

    Pat Moore

    Magnificent capture!!!!!

  • Marie Sharp
  • ElRobbo

    ElRobbo

    What a superb capture!
    Magical moment, Travis!
    So well done!

  • Travis Easton replied

    Just taking a stroll on the beach with the kids and my new (at the time) toy and this happened in front of me, life is good hey.

  • Moorey

    Moorey

    Brilliant capture.

  • dinghysailor1

    dinghysailor1

    superb reflexes trav! brilliant!!

  • LeighN

    LeighN

    Awesome capture!

  • Janet Fikar

    Janet Fikar 23 days ago

    Spectacular shot!

  • Marie Sharp

    Marie Sharp 15 days ago

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