Seagulls

Challenge #41 in the Nature from Around the World series. Hosted by vqueen.

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Very simple: just submit your best picture of seagull(s). Please read the rules carefuly

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Announced:

Thursday, 31st May, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 7th June, 2012 – Wednesday, 13th June, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 14th June, 2012 – Wednesday, 20th June, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No major photo-shopping
Minor editing such as exposure, contrast and such for small fixes is acceptable
No HDR

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Photo entries must be the original work of the challenger (poster)
Only pictures not entered in previous dpr challenges please
Please abide by dpr rules re nudity etc

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Challenge comments

Total comments: 4

I thought there was no such bird as a "seagull".
There are many varieties of gulls, but none of them are 'sea'.

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you are right in fact however gulls are informally called "seagulls" and the term "seagull" is more widely used

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And you, vqueen, are right too. At least as much as nitpicking Philip Lanoue: this forum is about photography, not zoology...! :-)

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Looks like the crowd figured it out so the method of communication was just fine.

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