Your mission on The Cosmic Photo Challenge today, if you choose to accept it, is to provide us with; Action shots.

I have to admit to taking advantage of hosting this week, already having some photos in mind when I set the prompt, but I did conduct one or two new experiments, too.

Most of my shots concern the always entertaining herring gull chicks at work, specifically their eagerness to consume any morsels of food on offer.

They’re very keen on fruit loaf and bagels, here’s two siblings fighting over scraps…

…and here’s a sequence I like, particularly for the expression of concentration on the mum as she watches the bread from behind her chick.

Then there’s this verrrrrrrry sloooowwww action shot, taken in the hope of capturing the Perseid meteor shower.

Alas, all I caught were stars, still pretty cool, though.

And here are a couple of new long exposures, made using an old Zippo lighter

Now let’s see yours, it’s time for lights, camera, action!

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.