It's been raining the past few days so between the weather and work I haven't had much chance to get outside. It cleared up this afternoon so after work I went down to the ocean to play around with the camera I recently got.

I like the angle and how the light is hitting the bird in this first shot, of course I was getting the wave crashes in the background. There is also some shit that was unavoidable, but that's nature.

![seagull.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmf8GD3LZPpZBEspMTYAU1K8ZTjN9bMmGyDk2qzhsoLXk8/seagull.png)

I like how the clouds almost look like mountains off in the distance and the nice big wave crash in this shot. Couldn't get as close as I wanted to. I think this one may have been manual focus.

![gull2.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ7EayNY2s6J7CzxQLPcx5CTWuvV19H76Qnf1Jxt7WuAL/gull2.png)

I like the angle of the bird better in this one, but would've preferred the wave crash framed a bit closer. Also, the rock in the background obscures the bird a bit. It got a bit out of level, but I don't have a tripod so it's hard to keep exactly level.

![bird3.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaHD94uf3ByLX83gPdfokV3nCRbpQCLqppw1HsRpZ9y1X/bird3.png)