Arctic Tern

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/5.6
1/2500
ISO 800

This Arctic Tern was hovering downwards towards its nest, to feed the young ones. Captured this year on the Isle of May, Scotland.

Will

[Glenn Pure]

Great wing position here Will, nice curved up tail feather and meal in bill as a bonus. Tones and colours look good to me although I'd be inclined to lift the black part of the head a little. However, you may not be able to recover much detail there as the body of the bird looks a touch soft to me. How does the RAW look?

[William Dickson]

Thanks for that Glenn. The RAW looks ok, it is a fair sized crop, as I didn't want the frame overcome by the greenery. I'll revisit the image, and see what a looser crop looks like.

Will