Tern feeding young on beach

[Carl Albro]

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Taken from beached Kayak at 76 AM on Cape Cod with Canon 5D Mark III, 300 mm F2.8 II with 2x extender
1/2000 sec at f/5.6 1EV Shutter Priority ISO 500 (I should of been at f8 or f11), but like that parent and young are the only in focus ones
Cropped and Processed in Lightroom 4.1
- Highlight -48
- Shadows +100
- Clarity +48
- Vibrance +19
- Medium Contrast Tone Curve
- Sharpening Amount 40, Radius 0.8, Detail 35, Masking 56
- Nosie Reduction Luminance 24

Carl

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Carl,

I am renting the 300 II 2.8 for 10 day and plan to post a few shots tomorrow with the 2X and tripod (weather permitting). I really like this post, nice DoF highlighting the two subjects,..the young open mouth makes the shot. Great story telling with the camera and field technique with the Kayak. Steady hands holding 600MM,.. might be an opportunity to increase ISO a bit with the 5D III and boost shutter to help sharpness . FYI,..I am told it can support higher speeds might practice and report back on this one. You could work/lighten the eye a bit; well done here,..great moment I love these birds - keep em coming.

[Doug West]

Real nice action shot on the tern. Love the wing position. Also love the young one waiting for his food.

What bothers me the most though, is the out of focus bird in the lower right corner in front of the
young one. We'll see what others think, but I'd be inclined to crop all of the terns out and just leave
the one in flight.

Doug

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Carl, I'm a little late to this thread but I wanted to comment. You have a really nice concept here in wanting to capture the feeding behavior, but the out of focus elements in both the foreground and background definitely pull the eye away from the story. The eyes on the birds are dark and need a catchlight. Your exposure is good and you did a great job on the capture. I know how hard these birds are to photograph!