Common Tern

[Rich Steel]

Hi

Another photo from my recent sessions with Common Terns. At least the sun came out momentarily for this photo. I'm not sure what the fish is but mostly likely a sprat or young herring which made a change from the usual sandeel. Grey background was the reflection of the typically dark UK summer clouds overhead on the water behind.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/commontern90v22009.jpg

Taken with 1Dmk3 and 500mm lens at F6.3 -0.33 EV ISO 400 at 1/3200s

Cheers

Rich

[Tony Whitehead]

That's quite a meal, Rich. BG is great. Good wing position and flight angle - well done.

[Keith Bauer]

The dark BG on this really works well to emphasize the tern. Nice image.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the BKRG and the wing position. SH is right on. The whites look a tad bright in spots. You needed to have the bird flip the fish around so that you could see the head....

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Wing position, sharpness and BG look good and the fish adds to it. I might lighten the shadow on the far wing.

[Gal Shon]

Those terns are so elegant.
lovely BG. I like the pose, good sharpness and light.
Like Artie said, if the fish were facing the front of the image, I think it would be a huge bonus.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome IQ on this flight image. Yes, some of the brighter whites can be tamed a bit - and yes too bad the fish had its tail end towards us (at least its face is partially visible!). Perfect wing placement, and a very visible eye is bonus. Well done!

[Ted Scalzo]

Very pleasing image. Your background makes the Tern pop and is very complimentary to its colors.

[Harshad Barve]

wonderful capture for both of you , killer BG , awesome IQ
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

great shot this, loved the details, the pose is good and sure as always the fish put its over the top.. congrats..

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for replies and suggestions. The fish the other way would have been a bonus but I was just glad to actually have the sun shining for once.

Cheers

Rich