Sublime and Beautiful Sunday
This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by 
I have been out and about with my long lens trying to get some shots of birds I am happy with, working on both camera settings and improving my patience to stand in one spot waiting patiently for a good shot, to be honest I think I am doing better on working on the camera settings than I am on being patient, its a work in progress.
Now I have taken shots of a few different birds over the last week or so, but decided to share some shots of Seagulls first, starting with this one I caught as it flew by complete with a clam in its beak
Sony A7iii 200mm F5.6 1/3200 Sec ISO 400
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Now about the Title, whenever I see Seagulls I think of Johnathon Livingston, and let me explain where that comes from
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a Book I read back in my school days is written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection
The book was adapted into a film in 1973 with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond, and that is where the title for this post comes from
And another shot of the seagull same as the first image, but as it got closer, and I managed to freeze it mid flight with clear detail I am happy with
Sony A7iii 200mm F5.6 1/3200 Sec ISO 100
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One as it was skimming, well flying just over the water
Sony A7iii 600mm F6.3 1/250 Sec ISO 160
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Now when I took these images there was the moon nice and clear in the sky, and I hoped one would fly by it while I was there, as it happened the seagulls were not cooperative, so I took a shot fo the moon I took that day and added a seagull in a composite edit
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/4000 Sec ISO 500
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Another one flying by
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/4000 Sec ISO 640
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And finishing off with one walking along the shoreline
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/1250 Sec ISO 1025
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And that’s all folks
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