Least tern with Breakfast II

[Lyle Gruby]

This was a previous capture in the series.

Techs:
D3S
200-400 with 1.4 at 550mm HH
ISO 800
f/5.6
1/3200
Manual exposure mode

[Faraaz Abdool]

Excellent shot Lyle. Far better HA than the other post, IMO. Sweet shot with the prey item, as usual, and I figure you wanted to include the water droplets behind the bird but it makes the bird itself become too centred in the frame. How about a vertical crop?

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the low angle and the waves in the water. Wings up and water splashing are good. I also like the "grey day" look. I'd actually add back some canvas top and right, and tone down the very brightest whites.

[Robert vanMierop]

A little too "centered", but a great action shot anyway...prey, splash, etc. They're getting active around here and should start nesting any day now.

[Marina Scarr]

Well done on a difficult tern to photograph in flight. Love the little splash, the food in beak and the wing position. I think I would entertain a different crop but tried and wasn't sure what I came up with was better. I took some off of the bottom, a tad off of the left and top.