After a huge rain , a small part of Burlington Bay where Grindstone Creek flows into from the marsh, got this coloration.
There were four Terns fishing in the late afternoon sun at that corner.
I removed the red and blue color cast from the bird and brightened the eye as much as I could.
Thanks for looking.
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Great shot Karl! Perfect wing position, nice details and a good looking water. I think you have gone a bit to far when brightening the eye, it looks a bit unnaturally to me.
Pose and fish are great but there does not seem to be much feather detail at all especially in the black cap... Or the eye.
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The wings look great, and the fish in the bill is a nice addition to have. The eye looks hazy, as if a nictitating membrane was closed. You mention you lightened it but I would not lighten the pupil itself. I work on 99.9% of the eyes on my images and its easy to over do it (been there, done that!)
I like the wing position and the unusual color of the water.
The eye looks weird. I think that the nictitating membrane was closed over the eye and when you lightened the area it made the eye look very weird.
Gail
Caspian Tern with Fish.
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