Sandwich Tern

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Taken at Sanibel Island beach about a year ago. I kept this image even though it had a clipped wing, because I knew I would be able to fix it one day. One day finally came! His left (our right) wing was clipped, so I added canvas and repaired it. Cropped from the bottom and cloned out a couple of tern and seagull heads. Resized and sharpened for web.

Nikon d300s | 70-200 + 2x
400 mm | 1/500" | f/4 | ISO 200
Aperture Priority | +1 1/3 EV

Comments and critiques are always welcomed and appreciated!

[Satish Ranadive]

Miguel,
Pretty good work done on clipped wing.I like nice wing pose and open beak.
Love the details in whites,tail feathers,lights,BG and panorama-crop composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sanjeevprakash]

Nice work,Miguel.The spread out wings and the Terns looking directly towards you is what I like in this shot.The crop works well here.TFS

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Miguel,

love the open beak and the spread wings very. Looks great to me. Wonder how it would look if the BG is a bit more soften!

Ciao
Anette

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Miguel, I like you pano crop - suits in the inflight pose, and well timed to get the open beak too. Whites look good, and good job on the repair.

[Melissa Groo]

Great dynamic pose, Miguel, and I like the sense of the sea behind him. Good job on the wing repair. I might give a tad more room beyond the other wing as that tip looks cramped. If you can easily add canvas/content-aware fill.

[Josh Clark]

Great pano shot of this Tern. Nice job on the wing repair.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Anette - not clear what you mean by a a "BG that is a bit more soften". As in blur it a bit more or try to make it more uniform? Or lighter?

Melissa - I agree! I will add a bit more room to the other side as well.

[Bill Dix]

Nice detail in the white wings, and I like the pano. Good work on the wingtip repair.

[Shawn Zierman]

Excellent facial expression captured! The flight pose and light quality are A+.
There are some smudging PS marks still visible at the ends of the repaired wing tip,
but I have to pixel peep to see them :S3: More room on the sides, particularly the
left side, is a great suggestion.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Miguel lovely image, really enjoy landing pose. I would have prefered slightly softer light, maybe try decrease the exposure slightly. I also agree with above comments on adding extra space. Open beak adds so nicely well done.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Shawn, I could see the evidence of a repaired wing as soon as I was done, but wasn't very good at fixing it.

Vivaldo, I'll try the decrease in exposure to see what it looks like.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the open beak, wing position, composition and BG. Well done Miguel!

[Arthur Morris]

Nice pose and repair. The tail looks a tad sharper than the head which is still pretty sharp. The WHITEs on the top of the head could use a bit more detail.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

very dramatic pose with the incoming angle, the open bill and the tail spread. beautiful Florida BG. Head a bit soft but does not hurt the image much. Well done.