Slender-billed gull: 1st Winter

This image is from the same series as the previous one posted yesterday. Slender-billed gull. Scientific name: Larus genei.

This is a 1st Winter bird.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF1.4x II, ISO 800, f9, 1/1600, full frame image.

I was handholding and it flew straight towards me and the wing tips got cut.

More information about the bird and image of an adult breeding bird is posted here: http://www.indiawilds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5696

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Nice light. The sharpness is nice. Wish there was a bit more headturn so that the eye would have had been illuminated. Too bad abt the clipped wings but handholding a lens the size of yours I'm sure is no easy job. Great control on the whites here. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely pose captured. The wing spread looks good. Nice details. Good sharpness considering you were hand holding. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful image and nice details. You seem to have done lot of workouts to handheld your gun;)
tfs