Royal Tern Landing

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Fort Desoto State Park, FL.



NIKON D850 , 600 f/4 + 1.4x TCIII
1/8000 sec; f/5.6; ISO 800
Manual; Matrix metering




Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P, Added Selective Brightness on the right wing in Raw Conversion.
No Cropping
Nik 30-30 Filter on the Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Dodge selectively
No Cloning.




Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[David Roach]

Love the pose, EXP and details. Also love the juxtaposition. No nits here... TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

The landing tern is rather superb! Perfect wingspread, excellent details, and the whites look as they should. I like the low angle as well. The other bird is unfortunate IMO, and as posted I could also see a version with a bit less canvas below. Other than that this is a WOW from me!

[dankearl]

I would get rid of the oof bird in a second....
Nice landing pose and nice exposure.
I have to ask why?

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

The landing tern is rather superb! Perfect wingspread, excellent details, and the whites look as they should. I like the low angle as well. The other bird is unfortunate IMO, and as posted I could also see a version with a bit less canvas below. Other than that this is a WOW from me!

I agree with the crop. I could have taken some at the bottom.

For me the second bird looks cool, so I choose to have it. Also after you post, I tried to remove the same and was not successful hence I leave it as it is.

[John Mack]

Great outstreched pose. The way the bird is just above the water is nice. I don't mind the composition and crop as is.

[Paul Burdett]

A dynamic image Krishna. Excellent pose, detail and sharpness. I'm unsure about the oof bird...one minute I like it, the next I don't. I guess it competes with the main subject...my eye goes back and forth between them, so i think overall I'd lose it. TFS

[Colin Driscoll]

Terrific pose, details, exposure and water. Another vote for losing the second bird.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super whites and details well done. Re OOF gull, quick fix - if you take the clone tool and align on the LHS - same height it makes a half decent job of eliminating the gull, just play around for the most suited area. Content aware and patch don't work too well in this instance, I am sure though with patience any method would work.

[kevin Hice]

Great shot love the details on the wings and perfect whites. Agree with others about the second bird. For me I would break the bird down into four or more separate parts with the clone tool. TFS