Common Tern with Fish

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I made this at Nickerson. Photographing birds in flight is not too difficult there, getting a nice background is a different story.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/125698151/original.jpg

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1600s, f/8, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Axel, I do like this BG. nice textures in it. Beautiful pose and comp. exposure spot on as usual.

[Alfred Forns]

Love this image Axel Pose, bg and detail !! Could only imagine with an all green bg !! Big Congrats on this one !!

[Fabs Forns]

Sweet all around, Axel, I particularly like the OOF grass, very painterly.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nothing wrong with this BG. Beautiful wing spread and composition. Bill seems a bit over-saturated and seems as if the wings should have more detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Its all about the angle here. Love the forward position, and the fanned tail. Overall well exposed, especially on the blacks of the head, sharp, and the catch a bonus. Well captured. Did I mention a great BG too.

[arash_hazeghi]

looks very good Axel, love the bank and the fish, the plumage on top just looks a tad soft to my eyes.

[Harold Davis]

nevermind the PM, it's working now!! cool pic!! i like the banking pose and the fish is a big bonus!! nice job!

[Steve Canuel]

I like the pose, BG, and detail across the back. And as Stuart mentioned, the angle is great.

[John Ippolito]

Posture with fanned tailfeathers, meal, comp, and nice OOF habitat BG works nicely. Nice exposure. Well done Axel.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely light and the fish is a bonus! Posture also perfect. Perhaps the head could be a tad sharper?