Tern In Flight

[Nick Palmieri]

This guy was shot this past summer at Forcyth NWR in NJ. Unfortunately the area sustained a lot of damage from hurricane Sandy and I'm not sure when it will be re-opening. We were just arriving and I didn't set my camera up yet. We saw some terns flying overhead and decided to stop. I grabbed my 1DMK4 and 600 out of the case aimed at a tern pressed the shutter and the 2 s. timer was on , that's never a good feeling! Luckily they came around again so I quickly re-adjusted and fired a few off. I never really shoot handheld with the big glass but was pretty happy the way this one came out. ISO 800, f/7.1, SS 1/1600

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great position Nick I realy like the tail feathers too

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose captured.I like the wing position,nice HA,nice colors,lights,details and BG.


Regards,
Satish.

[PhilCook]

Quiet sharp especially for these speedsters of the sky, the eye looks a little funny and I think a bit more space on the left would improve a little ...but nicely done on a beautiful subject

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Nick, good flying pose with a good view of the extended near wing and tail. I like how the tern is separated from the BG. I can see this as a vertical too.

[David Salem]

Like the pose and the wing position on this nice shot. Like the tail on this Forsters tern also. Nice job.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

I like the tail and flight pose, nicely done getting this hand held. I would also tried a vertical comp, it should work even better.

[Karl Egressy]

Great flight position captured, Nick.