# Harassed

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/harassed/39230>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/harassed/39230 "2024-01-22T02:55:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kathryn\_Garlick](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kathryn_garlick/32/57546_2.png) [@Kathryn\_Garlick](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kathryn_Garlick)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/harassed/39230/1 "2024-01-22T02:55:27Z")

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![Tails-Off the beach-3767-2024.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/5/1588ca15e07ce72fb7aa8230423e7c8f98a187a3.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

A flock of birds noisily appeared on the bay in front of me while I was kayaking back to shore. The merganser must have caught a pinfish as these gulls were seriously harassing it.

### Technical Details

1/2000 @ F9.0, ISO 4000, Sony A1, (200-600mm, 1.4 teleconverter), 840mm  
Lightroom global and local adjustments , Topaz AI noise and sharpening.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/harassed/39230/2 "2024-01-22T14:03:50Z")

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You’ve got excellent details in the four main birds with the gulls clearly squawking like crazy. It would be nice to not have the dark horizon, but standing up in a kayak is a recipe for disaster…you might try dodging the horizon to give it less visual weight.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_williams/32/65698_2.png) [@Ed\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Williams)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/harassed/39230/3 "2024-01-23T01:09:20Z")

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You sure caught the action here Kathryn! The poor merganser looks like it’s having a rough time. Definitely harrassed.