Banking Royal Tern

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Taken yesterday afternoon while enjoying a lovely afternoon at the beach.

Nikon D33
Nikon 300 mm F 2.8
ISO 400
1/1600, F9
manual

All comments are most appreciated !!!!

[Peter Coskun]

Excellent pose and great eye contact here.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great wing position, fanned out tail and HA. Great image Judy!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice exposure and BG. Love these flight shots as verticals. Beautiful!!!!

[Deborah Hanson]

Very nice image.
Although beautiful detail on the entire bird, the detail of the tail feathers is what I notice most.
Also like the wing span/composition.

Deb

[Stu Bowie]

You nailed this banking angle Judy. Difficult characters to get decent wing positions. Only way to go with the comp, and wish there were more clouds.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent light, bank position, details and exposure. excellent Judy!

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent banking pose ,detail and super exposure. Lovely shot

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely pose and very sharp.

I also like the very nice exposure.

Really well done and good for you.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Judy, nothing to suggest here I am sorry :-) bang-on exposure, pose and comp.

[Mike Tracy]

I love the fanned tail, vertical banking pose and spot on exposure.

Only negative which has nothing to do with the image itself, sensor spot right side about 1/4 of the way up.

[Robert O'Toole]

Hi Judy, Love the feather detail and your blue sky looks great and not too blue.

Robert

[Fabs Forns]

Hey comadre, you did real well here, great pose and whites. It was so nice to see you!

[Marina Scarr]

This is a very nice flight shot. I love the pose and the outstretched wings and tail. The BG and light are awesome. Congrats!

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely shot Judy! Fantastic pose!!!

[Manjesh Lingamurthy]

What a wonderful shot. This is one of the best shots I have ever seen of these birds.

[Ryan Schain]

Judy this is spot on. You've really presented this species so accurately. They are such big and powerful terns compared to species like Commons and Forster's, and you've portrayed that perfectly here. Exposure is perfect, and I love the vertical crop.

[Jay Tan]

Terns are one of my favourite subjects. Love the spreadout pose presented here plus the sharpness, details and great light.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Totally loved this Judy, nice eye contact, loved the expo, clean BG and eye contact makes this a winner.. congrats..

[susanschermer]

You love those banking Royal Terns, don't you? Beautiful, Judy.

[Paul Lagasi]

Nice wing angle, flared tail, head angle...really nice capture

[denise ippolito]

Judy, Beautiful banking shot. Details and exposure are great!:)

[Jack Faller]

superb pose and really impressive detail in the feathers in both the white and black portions.