"The Cripple", a photo from Porto, North

Photographer's Note

The title is a bit stronger but that´s the name of this sea-gull, she is very popular among fishermen and almost every other people who like to have their sunday´s walk on the beach!
This picture was taken at "Cristal Palace" in Porto, and yes it´s a small copy of the British and famous Cristal Palace, althought this as a new name nowadays, it´s call Pavilhăo Rosa Mota in honor of a huge atletism racer we had in the 80´s! I spent the day taking pictures and this one was at my arrival. I saw the sea-gull landing on the iron banister and went straight to her. I pointed my F-717 to her, zoomed a little and "BANG", took the shot! My surprise came when i uploaded the pictures to my PC and noticed she was missing one leg. Then everybody i talked to about, told me she was "The Cripple", a very famous sea-gull!

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Jeppe (18654) 2004-03-15 12:25

Very fine capture of this (now world wide) famous sea-gull ;-) I like the angle you got her in and the light coming from the side. I can't figure out what's sitting on the fence as the missing foot ?

Good work Bruno.

AJMOA (930) 2004-03-15 12:41

Esta gaivota é muito conhecida por quem frequenta a margem ribeirinha do Porto.
Sua alcunha: (A manca), por lhe faltar uma pata.
Explicaçăo já dada pelo Bruno, autor deste registo.
A luz é muito bonita, o recorte e o enquadramento também.
Parabéns.

Fiz um WS apenas para limpar algo que lhe veio agarrado na outra pata, assim saliente a falha do membro inferior esquerdo.
Abraço.

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jpablo (0) 2004-03-15 13:09

Muito interessante a sua foto, principalmente pelo fato da ave ser "Manca". Nunca vi algo assim. Otimo enquadramento, fundo, luz. Parabéns !!

carper (96) 2004-03-15 13:31

Good photo Bruno and indeed when I shaw this shot in the first place I saw immediately the missing leg. I had that once by a photo of a sheep, During the making of the photo I did not see the three legs, but on the pc I saw it. Nice colours and nice composition too, and a good note. well done

zto (268) 2004-03-15 15:34

I can't help but feel a bit sad for this litle gull. But it seems as if it's doing ok. World famous and all :) Truly a vrey nice catch. Have to go in to my seagull theme.

Deus (928) 2004-03-15 16:18

Muito boa, o pormenor da falta da pata está perfeitamente saliente.
A iluminaçăo proporciona um bom destaque da gaivota em relaçăo ao fundo escuro e o facto de o bico desta ficar no centro da foto năo a desiquilibra.

Rockyboy (20598) 2004-03-15 16:43

Poor seagul with a leg missing... but very well framed and i like also the contrast between this bird and the background. Well done!

isa (1986) 2004-03-15 18:21 [Comment]

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bullybeef53 (3365) 2004-03-20 15:20

Bruno-we have a very similar looking gull here which I cannot capture yet because I don't bring the camera everywhere I go . The optical zoom to works perfectly . I like the colors. I did a workshop to try and highlight the bird , without success I'm afraid . But I kept it in any way .

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touristdidi (8583) 2004-03-28 10:37