Taken at Sanibel Island beach about a year ago. I kept this image even though it had a clipped wing, because I knew I would be able to fix it one day. One day finally came! His left (our right) wing was clipped, so I added canvas and repaired it. Cropped from the bottom and cloned out a couple of tern and seagull heads. Resized and sharpened for web.
Nikon d300s | 70-200 + 2x
400 mm | 1/500" | f/4 | ISO 200
Aperture Priority | +1 1/3 EV
Comments and critiques are always welcomed and appreciated!
09-12-2012, 07:27 AM
Satish Ranadive
Miguel,
Pretty good work done on clipped wing.I like nice wing pose and open beak.
Love the details in whites,tail feathers,lights,BG and panorama-crop composition.
Regards,
Satish.
09-12-2012, 08:48 AM
Sanjeevprakash
Nice work,Miguel.The spread out wings and the Terns looking directly towards you is what I like in this shot.The crop works well here.TFS
09-12-2012, 09:22 AM
Anette Mossbacher
Hi Miguel,
love the open beak and the spread wings very. Looks great to me. Wonder how it would look if the BG is a bit more soften!
Ciao
Anette
09-12-2012, 09:52 AM
Stu Bowie
Hi Miguel, I like you pano crop - suits in the inflight pose, and well timed to get the open beak too. Whites look good, and good job on the repair.
09-12-2012, 09:54 AM
Melissa Groo
Great dynamic pose, Miguel, and I like the sense of the sea behind him. Good job on the wing repair. I might give a tad more room beyond the other wing as that tip looks cramped. If you can easily add canvas/content-aware fill.
09-12-2012, 10:04 AM
Josh Clark
Great pano shot of this Tern. Nice job on the wing repair.
09-12-2012, 10:35 AM
Miguel Palaviccini
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Anette - not clear what you mean by a a "BG that is a bit more soften". As in blur it a bit more or try to make it more uniform? Or lighter?
Melissa - I agree! I will add a bit more room to the other side as well.
09-12-2012, 11:30 AM
Bill Dix
Nice detail in the white wings, and I like the pano. Good work on the wingtip repair.
09-12-2012, 01:11 PM
Shawn Zierman
Excellent facial expression captured! The flight pose and light quality are A+.
There are some smudging PS marks still visible at the ends of the repaired wing tip,
but I have to pixel peep to see them :S3: More room on the sides, particularly the
left side, is a great suggestion.
09-12-2012, 01:38 PM
Vivaldo Damilano
Miguel lovely image, really enjoy landing pose. I would have prefered slightly softer light, maybe try decrease the exposure slightly. I also agree with above comments on adding extra space. Open beak adds so nicely well done.
09-12-2012, 02:22 PM
Miguel Palaviccini
Shawn, I could see the evidence of a repaired wing as soon as I was done, but wasn't very good at fixing it.
Vivaldo, I'll try the decrease in exposure to see what it looks like.
09-12-2012, 04:46 PM
Jim Crosswell
I like the open beak, wing position, composition and BG. Well done Miguel!
09-12-2012, 07:56 PM
Arthur Morris
Nice pose and repair. The tail looks a tad sharper than the head which is still pretty sharp. The WHITEs on the top of the head could use a bit more detail.
09-13-2012, 04:26 PM
Kaustubh Deshpande
very dramatic pose with the incoming angle, the open bill and the tail spread. beautiful Florida BG. Head a bit soft but does not hurt the image much. Well done.