Least Tern

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4 + 1.4xII, 1/1250, f/11, ISO 800
About 90% of Full Frame

Added some canvas at the top.

Photographed a couple of weeks ago on the Bay side of Mustang Island State Park, just south of Port Aransas, TX.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Lovely little tern species that I would love to photograph some day. I like the low angle and pose captured, nice details. Am a little undecided about the plants behind the tail, would love to see how this looks without them. Good shot in any case.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice pose and wing position...DOF is good and IQ as well...Plants behind dont bug me at all...Nice one Mike

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

I like the pose/angle in frame, that shows good detail in both wings, foot up,low shooting angle.

I suspect the beach is sloping down here, but I wonder how it would look if you leveled the beach.

Agree with Krijn about the vegetation.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, wing position and exposure. Well done Mike!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent pose and good call in adding canvas above. I agree about the vegetation, but I like the sloping beach...especially that the area in focus along the feet looks level.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent dynamic pose and nice exposure