Black Tern

[David Hemmings]

I was pretty happy to get this photo of a Black Tern in flight. I have seen them in the area many times but they were never close enough or low enough to get a decent flight shot.

Canon 1D Mk 111 / Canon 400 f5.6 / 1/2000th @ f5.6 ISO 500 / handheld / manual exposure
http://avianart.smugmug.com/photos/302374067_NKxrw-O.jpg

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done David,
I like the banking position of the bird and the two tone background...:eek:

[Grace Scalzo]

David, This is a bird that is very high on my wish list, and you have photographed him beautifully. LOve the rich, two toned bg, goes well against the black bird.

[Doug Brown]

Love the blue and green BG David! Nice job with the manual exposure.

[Alfred Forns]

Not only a beautiful capture but love that bg !!! I love it all David !!! Just fine from my end Impressive capture !!!!!!

[Juan Aragonés]

Very good David. The bicolored BG is fantastic and the light is really sweet. I have trying to get a decent image of this guys for a long time but no nice results so I am jealous:D

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great colors of the bg,nice eye contact too!

[Freddy Franzella]

Cool image David! cool looking bird! i like that split background!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful work David with a wonderful flight pose and eye contact. I fine the BG really unique and very refreshing. Love it.