Least tern after the bath flap

[gail bisson]

Taken during Mike Milicia's workshop in June at 5:44PM in Mass.
canon 1d MKIV and 1.4x converter
SS 1/1600
F 5.6
ISO 400
Manual, on skimmer pod with Wimberley head
Cloned a white blob in water in front of tern. Small crop ~ 15%
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

Your tern is sharp, beautifully exposed, nice head turn ,good pose. I would further soften the brown spot at the wing tips.

I am intrigued by how the brown background interacts with the water and the birds wings. Have tried to figure out what could be done differently. Perhaps if the bird had been a bit more to the left of the downward projection of the sand , it would have framed the wings a bit more against the water, but the sand is so soft as is, that most won't be bothered by it I suspect.

Nice shooting angle.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Milicia]

Great job catching the wing flap!
Lovely setting and BG

Looks to me like it could use some CW rotation.

[Rachel Hollander]

Gail - great exp, wing position and HA. I also like the water bg and that both reflection and shadow are visible but agree with Randy on the brown spot by the wing. You came back from the workshop with some great images.

TFS,
Rachel

[dankearl]

Very nice pose, I could see this a bit tighter all around.
Exposure looks perfect and the IQ is very nice.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Hi Gail, excellent low angle, sharpness and exposure. Just love the pose.
Wish that the bird was either angled more towards us or had the head turned more our way.
That said, I'd take this in a heart beat.

[John Ippolito]

Gail, nice job on exposure, and down in the surf angle on this beautiful tern. Excellent FG and BG. Agree on smidge of CW rotation. Lovely work.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Nice pose and exp looks good...Also see the need for minor CW rotation but otherwise nicely done!

[christopher galeski]

nice image Gail,like the pose,nice exposure,would clone the dark brow sand near the wing tip.thanks.

[Ofer Levy]

Very sweet. Another rvote for a slight CW rotation.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, yes to good exposure on the whites, and yes to good sharpness throughout the tern. These guys have a lovely shape to their wings, and in this, love the curvature of the top of the wings. Good low angle, and agree, a touch of CW rotation is needed. I do wish the BG was more uniform through the wings.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfect pose, and I'm OK with the HA. Love the full up wings...there is one seemingly "hot" spot on the wing though that I would tone down to even out the tonality there. In case it wasn't siad enough...I agree with some CW rotation

[arash_hazeghi]

good exposure and nice dynamic pose combined with the head turn. agree re rotation

[Bill Dix]

Another great shot from the workshop. I love the wing position, low capture angle. HA works nicely for me. Yes to rotation and more uniform bg behind the wings, or at least lessen the brown spot.

[Mark Young]

Very nice exposure of the whites. The wing stretch looks great