Royal Tern in flight

[Lyle Gruby]

Shot this down in Galveston. A colony was bathing and resting and a few would fly by after they bathed. They were too wary to allow me to approach very close, so I kept my distance and waited for them to fly by. This is full frame, added a little canvas to the top. All C&C appreciated.

Techs:
Nikon D7000
200-400 with 1.4 at 560mm HH
f8
1/3200
ISO 500

[Amy Kay]

Nice slight head turn and wing position. The blue sky sets this one off nicely too.

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Lyle. Although the bird is flying away from you the HA makes the image work. I like the sharpness, exposure and composition. I see a bit of a sharpening halo around the head.

[Karl Egressy]

It has passed you or turned away from you but the nice head turn saved the shot. Nice flight shot, Lyle.

[Lyle Gruby]

Nice image Lyle. Although the bird is flying away from you the HA makes the image work. I like the sharpness, exposure and composition. I see a bit of a sharpening halo around the head.
Whoa, tried a new way of sharpening. Definitely took it too far, don't know how I missed that halo. It looked oversharpened to me, but I'm bad about undersharpening. Thanks for the feedback.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent flight pose and sharp details.

[Marina Scarr]

Wish the bird weren't flying away. If you can photograph the birds a little sooner or make sure you have the right wind for flight shots it's most helpful. Sharpening halo mentioned. Expo looks good.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful flight shot with very nice HA.I like the wing position,HA and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Lyle, good near wing position, and a good head turn towards you. Sometimes, vertical crops work best with these 'high' wing positions. Well exposed, and sharpening halo mentioned.