Congratulations on getting interested in birds again!! LOL
BIFs are never easy and these show more of the skill of the photographer than the performance of the lens .
Those gulls are quite obliging as long as one has some tempting grub
I especially like #8 - a lot more than the others. The cropping and position has much more dynamism than the others and wins on the artistic front as well as clarity of image. Just a tad more blue at the bottom of the image would have weighted it out a bit better - my only criticism (IMHO of course)
They all have a rather 'painterly' effect - almost like artwork. Is this due to post processing or the camera settings?
Cheers for posting these !
Acher