Greater Crested Tern

[Girish Prahalad]

An image from the coastal town of Kundapura in my home state. Handheld from a moving boat.
Made with a Canon 550D + Sigma 150-500mm.
F6.3 | ISO 400 | SS 1/3200 @ 500mm. Manual | Eval
Levels | Small Crop | USM | NR on BG.

Critiques & Comments most appreciated.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Girish well framed portrait , lovely detail and well controlled HL and SH .
Like the colors and the very pleasing BG making the subject stand out nicely , just the perch is not ideal from my POV , but this is very minor crit.

TFS Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good profile pose with lots of nice details in those whites. I love that one claw pointing up. Dark BG sets off the subject beautifully. Not the best perch I guess, but tit does give a hint of "marina" location.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, HA, details, dark BG and composition. I agree with the perch not being ideal but this was where he was. Nice image Girish.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I'm surprised you had to perform NR for ISO400? Regardless, nice pose and I don't mind the perch at all. It gives a good sense of where the bird may be seen. Associated with humans.