Against the wind and a dull sky

Shooting birds (with a camera) is good fun.

This one was actually easy-ish as the gulls would swoop down to snatch the bread (or in my case surume/saki-ika or dried squid).

The difficult part was trying to shoot one-handed whilst trying to launch the bait! This is where a lighter camera would definitely be easier. An alternative is to spend more time in the gym ;-)

Initially I thought that there was motion blur and I hadn't used a fast enough shutter speed but on closer inspection I discovered that the "motion blur" was in fact the light gradient caused by the spread and overlap of the gull's feathers...quite fascinating.

Nikon D700, 70mm, ISO400, f/3.2, 1/4000s