Royal Terns copulating
This image was created on 16 April at the New Far Bar at Fort DeSoto in Pinellas County, FL. Seated on damp sand behind the lowered tripod, I used the Robus RC-5558-3 Vantage Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod/Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro-mounted Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital Camera). The exposure was determined via Zebra technology with ISO on the Thumb Dial. ISO 320: 1/6400 sec. at f/3.2 (stopped down 1/3 stop) in Manual mode. When evaluated in RawDigger, the raw file brightness was determined to be dead-solid perfect (ho hum). AWB at 8:35:31am on a sunny morning. Tracking: Expand Spot/AF-C with Bird Face/Eye detection enabled performed to perfection.
To see mynew Bird Photography Lessons at the New Far Bar at Fort DeSoto YouTube video, to learn more about the creation of this image, and to find out how I came up with the "Send It Home, Jerome" bit, see the blog post here.
As for the image, don't be shy. All comments are welcome and appreciated.
with love, artie

