Manual Technique Day!

[Bevb]

Well no excuses but the weather was grey and damp with a chilly wind, but i was determined to go out and spend a few hours working on Manual technique since Loupey has spent so much time giving advice and graphic details on how to use it, so off down the river i went and thought the Gulls (sorry yes more Gulls) would make a good starting subject, i used both the 70-200L f2.8 IS USM and the 100-400L f4.5 - 5.6 I USM and have detailed the shots settings below.

These first 3 shots have had no adjustments made ie cropping, levels, sharpening.

#1. 1/800- f5.6- ISO 320 -@ 300mm
#2 1/500 - f8 - ISO 400 -@ 180mm
#3 1/500 - f5.6 - ISO 400 @ 200mm

I feel that all the images are slightly underexposed.