Common Terns

[John Mack]

Nickerson beach, 5/16/21 at 5:fiftyFourAM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 1DX MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
Canon Extender EF 1.4X III
ISO 1600
f5.6
1/3200sec

[Brian Sump]

Very peaceful rim lit shot John, so nice!

Love the little plant sprouting up. Composition is strong. I do like spec highlights in frames like this, esp when there are multiple, but the one at right is slightly distracting so might evict that.

Otherwise, you might take out that one bright spec on the left of the frame too. Beautiful though man, well seen!

[gail bisson]

I really like this John.
Great POV, I like the rim lighting and the similar poses.
I would clone out the very bright rectangular area below the near birds butt.
I agree with Brian that the bokeh ball on the right is a bit prominent but I can live with it!
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super image John your early start paid off, I really like the light. Great as is but I tend to agree with the comments regarding the highlight bear the butt!

[William Dickson]

Looking good here John.....Colours throughout are really nice....The bird interaction provides a peaceful feel.....

Good work

Will