Ready to land.

[Karl Egressy]

Caspian Tern is preparing to land if there is enough space.
Taken at a nesting colony site that has slowly been take over by Double-crested Cormorants.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM3
Canon 500 f4.0 II. + 1.4x III.
ISO 400
1/2500 s
f/7.1
HH.

[Pepe Reigada]

Excellent. Wonderful whites

[Loi Nguyen]

Karl, excellent image with perfect exposure of both the black and white. Nice BG too. Well done. Loi

[Enrique Patino]

Awesome image Karl.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice one Karl and white great exposure on those white feathers!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Like everything about this image, Karl. The exposure is right on, whites and blacks perfect with great detail. Beautiful BG, wing position, fanned tail, calling, and feet down.




Geoffrey

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of spectacular landing pose with beautiful wing spread, fanned tail , open beak and of great HA.
Love the it pops up against beautiful BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Flack]

Superb image Karl, great exposure and awesome pose with a sweet BG. Well done!

[MiroslavMaric]

Great landing pose with open beak, well captured. Like the exposure of the bird and BG color. TFS. Cheers! Miro

[keith mitchell]

Karl it has been well covered above, spot on!

Cheers Keith.

[Arthur Morris]

You did well in relatively harsh light. You might try a bit of a reverse S Curves adjustment to reduce the contrast.....

Where?

[Karl Egressy]

You did well in relatively harsh light. You might try a bit of a reverse S Curves adjustment to reduce the contrast.....

Where?
Thanks, Arthur.
Burlington Bay, Burlington Ontario. The breeding colonies are on four man made islands close to shore.
Due to the local situation the shooting time only start at 8:30 AM when the light is already harsh.
I'll try what you suggested.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Carl for the info. Do you need a boat? Would love to see a less contrasty repost.

[vishaljadhav]

great exposure of the whites here, look lovely
i love the wing position and head angle here
very nicely done in harsh light

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks Carl for the info. Do you need a boat? Would love to see a less contrasty repost.
No, I don't use a boat and I never saw anyone using it other that the Naturalists.
I tried the less contrasty version but it did not look good so I gave up.
Will post one more soon that might look better.

[Robert Kimbrell]

What an attractive image, the whites are just stunning. That soft background sets him off well.

[adrian dancy]

Excellent pose. The whites look pretty good to me. I think possibly the background has been over blurred/NRd?
One for the wall Karl:)