A common resident on the river ........

Along the River Nene we have no shortage of Black Headed Gulls who feed with great energy along and between the river banks.

I was very pleased with this in flight image because the eye contact was really good with  
excellent focus and colour.

Noisy they certainly are, but like all common birds they have their own little bit of visual magic and certainly presence.     

Pitsford Gull .......

A bit of fun from Pitsford reservoir causeway practicing my '' in flight '' technique on the gulls ... very educational and rewarding trying out a wide range of different camera settings.

One thing I think that I discovered was to drop the frames per second rate down from seven to three, thus giving the auto-focus more time to respond in between each shot, time will tell.