Royal Tern

[Grace Scalzo]

Inspired by Cheryl's beautiful Royal tern couple of a couple days ago, I went to my files to look at some royals that I photographed in April at Ft DeSoto. I like the pose of this bird so processed it to share with you.

Thank you for looking and as always, for your comments. I learn from each and every one.

1/2500, f10, iso 800
Canon 500f4 + lowered rrs tripod

[David Salem]

Grace, that's a great portrait of a Royal Tern. Not sure how it could be better? Great pose, perfect HA, Killer exposure on both sides, nice low POV and a beautiful blue ocean BG with a smooth bokeh. It's a no brainer, Print It !! :w3

[Alan Murphy]

Simple, elegant and beautifully done.

[Raymond Lee]

Nice HA, pose, low angle, and exposure. Love the clean background as well. I thought may be just a tiny little bit of room at the bottom would be nice.

[jack williamson]

Just enough beach on the bottom, excellent exposure on the bird and BG is great.

Jack

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

Lovely capture, high IQ, well exposed, nice pose, enough variation in the bg to provide some sense of depth. I do agree about a sliver more room below, or a small crop off the top to balance it.

Cheers

Randy

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Richard Unsworth]

Beautiful, depth of color outstanding, great comp and detail, perfect exposure

[Petros Petrou]

This is a great portrait. Pose, HA, light, sharpness, exposure everything is perfect. TFS

[Matthew Studebaker]

nice, simple shot here Grace. Everything is working for me.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice one , great details and nice pose all very well balanced

[PhilCook]

Ticks the techs well I think...and a great stately posture by the bird as well, simply lovely !

[Robert Holguin]

Lovely image.
Perfect in every way.
Well done.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful. Great light and colors, a background that is a perfect match for the tern, great head angle and perfect sharpness.

Markus