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Photographer’s Note

Prayag at Allahabad apart from being thronged by millions of devotees for the holy dip during the Ardh-Kumbh, also played host to thousands of Brownheaded and Blackheaded Gulls who flew all the way from the high plateaus of Central Asia and Europe during the winter. Their favourite haunt is the Sangam with its constant flow of pilgrims making offerings to the river goddess. These gulls are extremely noisy, especially at colonies, with a familiar "kree-ar" call. During Ardh-Kumbh these foreign visitors were very much part of the festivities around. They were mostly seen flying around in flocks as the sun went down. You can have a closer look at these birds here . This was taken in the morning.

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bhorerpakhi (559) 2007-03-02 8:02

Hello Sabya Da,
Gorgeous, this is all that I can say. The birds in three different motions needed an expert eye to capture them in camera.
Poulomi

jaywalker (12391) 2007-03-02 8:04

Hi Sabyasachi, Stunning colour & brilliant silhouettes the birds are perfect, this photo is amazing, the composition is excellent & fantastic light, great framing, kind regards Wilson

etlerl (601) 2007-03-02 8:07

Hello!
Simple but beautiful. Few colours but expressing figures. I know that this kind of photos need a lot of luck but you have to do your own to get into such a lucky situation and grab the moment. The frame is matching too.
I also like taking photos of birds.

steveryan2006 (439) 2007-03-02 8:13

Hey Sabyaschi,
You have your own way with the colors, they always seem to explode but are never the dominant part of the image. While the two birds take wings there is one bird which sits and that IMO sets up this picture so nicely.
S.

jhm (83684) 2007-03-02 8:20

Hi Sabyasachi

A very simple picture, but for sure not an easy one.
Normally we see other picture than this.
I don't have the patience for gulls, but I love this picture.
Especially knowing it is India, since you moved your focus away from all those traditional picture perfect moments and went for the gulls. TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John

ALIRIZA (16197) 2007-03-02 8:28

Hi Sabyasachi,
An amazing shot, fantastic light.I like silhouettes of the birds and colours of sky a lot. Good work my friend...
Have a nice weekend...
Ali Rıza

rakeshgupta (2670) 2007-03-02 8:42

Hi Sabyasachi,
Superb composition of gulls before sunset. The orange tone is looking just great. Three gulls in three different pose is making the shot very pleasing.
My bad luck was, that just before my Puri, Allahabad-Varanasai visit in Dec'06, my S2-IS camera got memory error and was unusable in entire trip. I compromised with my relative's Sony S60 at that time and I was not satisfied with its results.
I will be definately visiting their again.
- Rakesh

sam224 (5851) 2007-03-02 8:45

The golden glow which surrounds the birds flying against the sun is extremely attractive. The silhouettes are really neat and the definition is excellent.
Well done. Thanks for sharing

barrufeto_77 (25955) 2007-03-02 8:50

Hi Sabyasachi.

Nice picture. The silhouettes of the gulls are great and their contrast with the background good as well.

Rgs, Oscar

msirin (433) 2007-03-02 9:02

Merhaba hocam tek kelime süper yaa kıskandım elinize sağlık....

chrisnet (20376) 2007-03-02 9:08

Hello Saby,
Wonderful shot, I like the silhouettes of the birds in this wonderful orange sky, perfect realisation!
Regards
Christian

triptych2003 (1424) 2007-03-02 9:40

hi sabyasachi

wonderful colours here. the whole composition is well done. the silhouettes work together with the colour scaling to create a near-perfect shot in my opinion. well done

suhan (3552) 2007-03-02 9:46

wonderful!
very nice colours, composition and cadrage.
simple but strong.
very well done
tfs-best regards
merve-suleyman

jwmunro (6273) 2007-03-02 9:54

Hello Sabyasachi -

A bit of a change from your normal intimate portraits and well done. Looking right into the sun and having the gulls in silhouette really works especially without blowing out the sun. I like how you have captured the gulls in three different positions, full flight, landing, and perching. The composition is very strong with the sun slightly off center and the birds near the dynamic thirds. Well done!

Thank you for sharing

John

anducina (8149) 2007-03-02 11:17

Superb compo-simple and impressive-beautiful light and colors.

TFS,

Andreea

photographer123 (5817) 2007-03-02 11:38

Hi sabya..
Its very simple shot but through ur lens you made it wonderful..well done..SUBIR

faubry (32481) 2007-03-02 12:26

hello Sabya, very wonderful photo of sunset, lght, color, and very great work..
bravo
francine

hay_kes (28596) 2007-03-02 12:42

Hi Sabyasachi,
Fantastic backlight compo. Splendid light and amazing colours, very well done.TFS.
Greetings from Turkey.

hAyAti

siolaw (25874) 2007-03-02 12:50

Hi Sabyasachi,
A fine sunset and birds compo, color is superb, birds in different postures and well exposed sun... good timing too
LAurent

partha (13677) 2007-03-02 12:52

hi dada,
An old series.Here the mixture of static seagulls as well as the flying two gives a nice variety. Good tonality and framing as well.
Perfect timing.
regards.
Partha

Photo65Net (43106) 2007-03-02 13:25

Hello Sabyasachi,
A great use of the sun light.
These birds shadows are amazing, very pleasant.
Super colors too.
Regards,
JB.

newtintin (1872) 2007-03-02 13:26

Hello,
very beautiful composition, this bottom orange is super beautiful and the clearness of the gulls is ideal.

cheer for the glance,
Greeting,
R.A.F

nirajsinha (822) 2007-03-02 13:40

HI Sabya,

Great shot. The colours of sky is great. Gulls in Picture are great attraction. Again a great learning for me.

Niraj Sinha

Cormac (26461) 2007-03-02 16:11

I don't know how you can get the sun looking so good in these shots, but here is another one with no blooming or streaking. The birds make a nice pattern around the sun and seem almost to be playing with it. Great shot!

Fis2 (46651) 2007-03-02 16:38

Witaj Sabyasachi!
Nicely photo. I like the composition and colors. Birds make impression. Good work.
Greetings erom Poland.
Krzysztof

vincz (19071) 2007-03-02 17:24

Excellent composition. I tried many times to get gulls in motion at sunset but never got close to what you are showing here. You catched 3 different extremes in the motion in just one picture with 3 gulls. Very well done.

pedrocarmo (1281) 2007-03-02 17:34

Very good composition
Excelent sunset

Silke (3023) 2007-03-02 17:37

This is quite amazing Sabyasachi! One can lmost hear the crying of the gulls in your capture! I love the natural off-centre weight of it and the fine finish with a simple clear frame.
TFS
silke

syd1946 (17995) 2007-03-02 18:41

Hello Sabyasachi,
Wonderful and atmospheric shot.The birds are very well seen as silhouettes.Nice warm colors for this really decisive moment!

Have a nice weekend,
Thomas

jammer79 (2666) 2007-03-02 21:48

Well done!!

danyy (69837) 2007-03-03 2:43

Bonjour Sabyasachi,
depuis longtemps, je te considère comme un des tous grands photographes de ce site, quel que soit l'appareil que tu utilises, tu sais faire ressortir de la scène que tu as devant toi, soit toute l'émotion, soit plus simplement la beauté.
Un contre jour très audacieux, qui détache des silhouettes parfaites, bien figées au 1/1600e.
Excellent week-end à toi.
Daniel.

Graal (59046) 2007-03-03 3:06

Hi Sabyasachi,
romantic view, great quality of photo, good captured a moment and scene. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

riclopes (33137) 2007-03-03 3:23

Olá Sabyasachi, will the next of the series have four gulls? ;-) To be completely honest it's the one I like less from the three. It's interesting to see each of them in a diferent position, but there isn't much interplay bettween them. If they were aligned we could see them as diferent phases of the same gull departing into the sun. In spite of all this, it's still a beautiful image and I know it's not an easy one to get. The dark sillouettes, the mood of the orange tones and the presence of the sun make it very attractive. I just like more of the other two.
With greetings from Lisbon,
Ricardo

Cricri (44048) 2007-03-03 4:30

Hi Sabyasachi,
Jolie scéne de ces oiseaux dansant autour du soleil
superbe couleurs, joli moment
Have nice Week end
cricri

feather (50460) 2007-03-03 7:00

Excellent shot of the silhouetted birds against a stunning sunrise. The number 3 always works well in a composition as here. Good exposure.
Kath

Silvio1953 (43316) 2007-03-03 7:53

Hi Sabyasachi, fantastic backlight, great scene with flyng bird, splendid light and amazing golden color, very well done, have a nice week end, greetings from Italy, ciao Silvio

pat0500 (21513) 2007-03-03 9:28

Hi saby,
Excellent composition with these three birds with a splendid wallpaper sky.
Wonderful quality of the sun, good shot my friend..!
Best regards;
Have a nice weekend.
Patrick

Emiel_Skyfreak (2976) 2007-03-03 13:21

A Fine portrait of these gulls..very elegant postures and the sharpness of them is also lovely.
Well composed, the gulls in the corners and one close to the sun..great contrast, quality..colours.
Well done.

cobbydale (1928) 2007-03-03 14:47

Simply superb! The composition is perfect. All 3 gulls in different poses. I especially like the middle one.
TFS. Leon.

atus (15476) 2007-03-03 15:50

Hello Sabyasachi,
very well captured shot of a fantastic mood. Greatly framed and very well composed, with perfect timing. Very effective one!
Tfs and best wishes!
Attila

sothy81 (8540) 2007-03-03 23:26

Hi Sabyasachi, there are a lot of action forms there. Taking against the sun is a great idea. Well seen. Wonderfu wrok. Sothy

Dragonheart (8393) 2007-03-04 3:15

Hello Dada,
Good capture
I like the colours and composition.
I would have preffered the white frame instead of black.
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best wishes
Vivek

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-03-04 8:24

Hi Sabya, another great image!
a sense of freedom here and a perfect composition with the birds against the sun!
great result, i like a lot!
ciao
valeria

eza1701 (3343) 2007-03-04 9:38

I am a big fan of sunrise/sunset photos and this is is another of your shots which captures it really well. The silhouettes of the gulls against a beautiful red sky is superb.

Best regards,
Paul.

Angshu (34177) 2007-03-04 22:35

Dear Sabyasachi
Looks very simple, but I know it's not. It's very difficult to capture the gulls in flight & on top of that place them for the best visual effect in the frame. That way your earlier shot was better than this. But with the sun in the centre & the three gulls in contrasting postures against the glorious orange, this is a good picture
Best wishes
Angshuman

Tue (25608) 2007-03-05 12:48

Hej Sabyasachi,
Beautiful capture of these birds. Their silhouettes are fantastic against the great warm colour of the sky. The sun looks also good. Very well captured!
Hilsen,
Lars

ndb1958 (9249) 2007-03-05 13:35

Hi Sabyasachi,
a simple but really effective shot of the sunset. I like the silhouettes and the warm tones. Nice composition, Nino

silvia_zenova (1318) 2007-03-06 12:53

Hello Sabyaschi,
very romantic composition, I like the freezed moving of the birds and the simple and effective composition, also the burning colour!
Best wishes :)
Silvia from Bulgaria

paura (39580) 2007-03-06 18:59

Sabyasachi,
Excellent photo here. Nice lighting and beautiful composition.

Very well done.

Paulo

jmcl (14181) 2007-03-06 22:07

Hi Sabyasachi,

Wonderful and thoughtful birds in shadow .. great control of the sun .. wondrous and beautiful color ...

take care,

John

MIG13 (0) 2007-03-06 22:37

What a wonderful view, Sabyasachi, full of colour and a warm feeling! You've captured the scene in the right moment! Well done! TFS! Best regards, my friend! Miguel.

agbonavita (0) 2007-03-08 16:37

I think that 102 points can said what I think about this photo Sabya! The colors of the sky are suberb, it make me feel reaching the Nirvana.

The gulls silhuetes are incredable pretty. It was a dificult photo I think!

Thanks for share
Andre

JCG (25839) 2007-03-09 14:10

Hi Sabyasachi,

Beautiful and poetic image. These gulls with back-light on this splendid light is more beautiful effect. Superb realization, cheer and thank you.

With my all friendships from France,

Jean-Charles

ElAprendiz (7370) 2007-03-09 22:51

Hello Sabyasachi

A really spectacular and opportune taking. The figures of the silhouettes of the birds, emphasize under that tonality orange of a very intense way. Thanks to share it. Greetings from Colombia

John

captainsgirl (3448) 2007-03-11 7:17

Wow!! I love this, the color of the sky is beautiful and I love the 3 gulls flying in the sun. I can almost hear them.....very beautifully peaceful photo. TFS
Donna:o)

thanks so much for your comments on my photo "Honey! Quick come look at the sunrise! (36) *" :o)

Emile (20177) 2007-03-13 1:38

Hola Sabyasachi.
Excellent shot with beautiful sky colors and the amazing silhouette of the seagull. Very good composition.
Well done. TFS.
Regards.

prumod (8264) 2007-03-15 9:48

hi sabya...
you are poet too... these colors are really dreamy and what a rythm those birds giving!
take care...
pramod

emmers (180) 2007-03-29 13:48

Hi Sabyasachi,
Gorgeous shot, I really like the simplicity of the silhouettes of the birds - sooooo effective against the sunrise.

Great composition and well captured too, getting the two birds in flight while the other relaxes!

Bravo!

pablominto (41654) 2007-04-13 7:54

Hello Sabyasachi,
Nice use of the principle of three, two flying and one sitting!
Wonderful sunset atmosphere, strong warm colours...
Very well exposed!
Greetings,
Pablo -

pierrefonds (26779) 2007-05-12 18:50

Hi Sabyasachi,

A good POV of the sunset with the seagulls, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre