Giant bird spotted in Selsey

[Starman]

The Moon looked gorgeous this morning, hanging there in a crisp December cloudless sky. I decided to try and mark the sight by photographing the Moon close to the distinctive astronomical weather-vane that tops Sir Patrick Moore's chimney (Patrick lives about 1/2 mile from me). The sun was rising, giving the chimney and vane a nice rosy glow. Then, out of the blue, another local resident decided it wanted to get in on the act!

[jgs001]

Very good Pete

[Ant]

Lovely shot Pete.

Ant

[steppenwolf]

Cracker of a catch - love it!

[themos]

It was a lovely Moon, so much detail visible. Good catch, Pete!

[brianb]

Well timed grab!

Did the bird collide with Patrick's chimney pot?

[jamesFSO]

Pete,

What camera did you use for that or lens etc ?

JJ

[jgs001]

JJ, from the EXIF data (hope you don't mind Pete)

Camera Make: Canon

Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D

Image Date: 2009:12:04 08:40:33

Flash Used: No

Focal Length: 266.0mm

CCD Width: 6.57mm

Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)

Aperture: f/16.0

ISO equiv: 100

White Balance: Auto

Metering Mode: Matrix

Exposure: Manual

Exposure Mode: Manual

[MoonNut]

I hope you show this picture to the Great Man himself.

Nice shot....

[MaCross]

Its a bit like my avatar :-)

[barkis]

Pete, If your aim was to deliberately get that result, you might have had to wait months, or even years. Lady luck found you that day.

Brilliant.

Ron.

[Dangerous-Dave]

That's a nice quirky shot Pete. Looks like a black headed gull in winter plumage.

[Dazraz]

Nice picture

[astropete]

nice one.

[Starman]

Thanks for all the comments. Dave - I'm amazed you're identifying the type of seagull - respect due!

There was quite a lot going on during that particular morning and the skies were quite crowded...