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Glaucous Winged Gull in flight Testing out my new lens :p. This guy was surfing the wake of the Bremerton ferry checking it out to see if there were any generous tourists around for a handout. Geotagged,Glaucous-winged gull,Larus glaucescens,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Glaucous Winged Gull in flight

Testing out my new lens :p. This guy was surfing the wake of the Bremerton ferry checking it out to see if there were any generous tourists around for a handout.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Looks great! What new lens you got? Posted 11 years ago
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      morpheme
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      I traded in my old Nikon 80-200 for a Fuji 55-200. Doesn't gain me any more distance, but it's way smaller and lighter and I don't need an adapter to use it with the XE-1. Putting the Nikon lens on that poor little camera was like mounting a howitzer on a Fiat. Plus now I get my autofocus back. The X line is a little new, so the lens selection isn't huge yet - nothing longer than the 200. I think there's a tele scheduled for release next year. There are tons of adapters, so I could get a different brand, but I can't stand still long enough to be a very effective birder, so I'm in no hurry :p. Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        Awesome, thanks for explaining. Hope the new lens brings many great shots. Posted 11 years ago

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The Glaucous-winged gull

The glaucous-winged gull is a large, white-headed gull. The genus name is from Latin "Larus" which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific "glaucescens" is New Latin for "glaucous" from the Ancient Greek, "glaukos", denoting the grey color of its wings.

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Uploaded Aug 30, 2014. Captured Aug 29, 2014 16:47 in 5000-5198 Beach Drive East, Port Orchard, WA 98366, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/8.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 200mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.