Gull-billed tern

[sasan nejadi]

f/7.1
1/3200 seconds
840 mm
ISO 640
Manual exposure
Manual
Auto White Balance
Pattern Metering mode
sasan nejadi
Canon
Canon EOS R5
Adobe Photoshop 2021 Windows
EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III


Hope you like it

[Dorian Anderson]

This action is fantastic, Sasan. The thin plane of focus really isolates the subject, and the bug tells an incredible story; no other North American terns hunts over agricultural fields as does this species.

All that said, the IQ isn't up to your usual high standards. The detail is a smoothed out on the bird and plant, the head is underexposed (as might me expected in this pose), and there is a thin
processing halo around the beak, perhaps from extra sharpening. The image thus appears very painterly. That's not a bad thing as it is really pretty regardless.