Least Tern on the Nest

[Sid Garige]

Canon 7D 500mm F4
1/1200 F8 ISO 400

[dankearl]

Awesome, Sid,
It made me laugh the second I opened it.
Great, almost cartoonist photo (I hope this doesn't offend you, I mean it in a good way).
The lens angle of the bird and eggs is really good.
You almost lost the beak focus in the DOF, but it holds enough to work.
Very nice.

[Sid Garige]

Awesome, Sid,
It made me laugh the second I opened it.
Great, almost cartoonist photo (I hope this doesn't offend you, I mean it in a good way).
The lens angle of the bird and eggs is really good.
You almost lost the beak focus in the DOF, but it holds enough to work.
Very nice.

No problem Dan. Little humor never hurts :)

[Matt Fragale]

What an adorable little bird! Love the colors and tack sharp where it needs to be. Love love love it!

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome protective pose, he seems nerves.

Were you too close to the nest Sid!!! ;) lol

[gail bisson]

What a lovely surprise to open the thumbnail and see the eggs. A great shot. Good tight composition and excellent exposure,
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice image Sid! I like the setting, protective pose and eggs.

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Sid,
superb image eggs was an added bonus :S3:
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[Yves Guillot]

A very lovely one! Is this a crop or full frame picture? Where was it taken? I love the shells/ground. Well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sid, excellent exposure throughout, and you have captured the perfect pose and HA. Great bonus to see the eggs.

[Brendan Dozier]

Great capture and comp, Sid. Love the pose and eggs! Nice work!

[Morkel Erasmus]

exquisite angle and exposure here Sid! :Whoa!:
the eggs take it over the top
I doubt you would have done anything to make the bird uncomfortable...:e3

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ah...perfect timing and shooting angle...low low but high enough for view of the eggs. one heck of a shot. you sure have a very good spot to take these pictures, Sid.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love it Sid. The pose, the low angle and the eggs. Sometimes when I lose the dof on a bill i find darkening it a little helps me but i am sure you already know that trick:S3: I want to know what is pink near the egg? Is it another egg?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Super clean image and handsome bird. I really like the way you render the whites in this one.

[Sid Garige]

! Is this a crop or full frame picture? Where was it taken? I love the shells/ground. Well done!
Yves,
around 70% of full frame. Photographed at Marco Island, Florida.

[Robert Holguin]

WOW!! This is just an overall stunning image, Love the tight crop, exposed perfectly, and seeing the eggs is just a huge bonus.
Well done.

[Sid Garige]

I want to know what is pink near the egg? Is it another egg?
Not an egg for sure. May be some kind of shell?