Competition entry: Photojournalistic Look At Man's Harm To Birds
Photojournalistic Look at Man's Harm to Birds by Sonja Haske
2019 December Competition - A Open
31 points - Hon. Mention
Judges' comments:
Much detail in this image; wings are beautiful; cropped a little tight on the top
Maker's notes:

On the shores of Delaware Bay, I saw this Gull being uncharacteristically alone.  Shortly after it was feeding on this Horseshoe Crab.  (Delaware Bay has the world's largest population of Horseshoe Crabs).  It was then that I noticed that the Gull was severely handicapped by the hook from a fishing line.  A first-hand look at the impact of humans on our wildlife.  With my Canon 7D, the settings were:  f/10; 1/400 sec.; ISO 100; 120mm; Spot Metering and I was using the Shutter Priority Mode.