Preening Royally

[Mike Tracy]

Royal Tern. MkIII, 1/1250, f/6.3, ISO 500, 500mm, HH

[Randy Stout]

Mike:

Elegant pose, good shooting angle, clean bg, well exposed.

Wish I could see the bill a bit better. Is this a natural catchlight?

Cheers

Randy

[Lorant Voros]

Very very elegant pose and I love the eye peaking through the feathers. I am fine with the bill as it is, especially because there is a feather behind it that brings the color out. Very artistic image. Well done.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Wow Mike,

Excellent pose and the fact that you can clearly see the eye makes this image special. The bright beak is wonderful. The gradient of blue to tan/white in the bg is killer too.

Miguel

[Mike Tracy]

Mike:

Elegant pose, good shooting angle, clean bg, well exposed.

Wish I could see the bill a bit better. Is this a natural catchlight?

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy. The catchlight is natural.

[Nick Palmieri]

Really different and cool pose. IQ looks good.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is an excellent and unique pose, I really like it. sharp with good exposure well done

[vishaljadhav]

Impressive, this is a very artistic way of presentation.
Love the pose, details and all about the image,

[Troy Lim]

Really unique pose, it is over sharpened in my opinion. Nice exposure and clean BG.

[Tim King]

Overall a top-notch photo. I especially like the bill and feather correlation. Fine job.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very elegant, I love all the curves, lines, angles, and overall geometric shapes! I could see a bit more space right and top but this image is highly appealing to me. Very well done

[HadiAnsari]

Very very elegant pose and I love the eye peaking through the feathers.good exposure well done

[Marina Scarr]

Very powerful image. You were lucky to get a clear eye in this one. Love the mount the tern is standing on b/c it elevates the bird to a positional of 'royalty." (Great title too.) Love the preening pose and the position of the tern and that he has a hold of the feather at almost the tip.