Caspian Tern

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

First big thanks to James for a truly wonderful day out on his famous boat !!! We had the best time and many, many photo opportunities.

This image of the caspian tern was a first for me as I have not had many chances to see these beautiful birds. They are quite vocal and just awesome to watch. As well as the caspains there were many other varieties of terns.

Nikon D300
Nikon 300mm F2.8
ISO 200
1/1000, F10
manual mode.

All comments are always appreciated. Thanks !

[susanschermer]

Nice exposure, Judy. Nice wing position. I'm glad you had a successful day on the Hooptie Deux.

[Alfred Forns]

Every day is a good day on the Hootie Deux !!!!!!!

Love the image Judy !! Very elegant and lots of detail I like how you increase the dof to cover the entire wing !!! Big Congrats !!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose, Judy, glad you enjoyed your Hooptie outing :)

I'd try and open the shadow in the left wing.

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent capture Judy,
Nice composition and exposure, very gracefull...:cool:

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice wing position,pose and composition!

[Doug Brown]

What a graceful bird you've photographed Judy. Love the down wing and the crop. Good job with the exposure too.

[Hugh J McLaughlin]

The trusty 300mm f2.8 is in very capable hands, JudyLynn. Very well done.

Hugh

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool. Caspian Terns are quite uncommon for us up here. Well done, and nice choice of crop :-)

[Juan Aragonés]

Nice capture Judy. Love that red beautifull bill and the almost floating pose of the tern. Too bad that the dark area of the left wing overlaps with the black cap.

[Maxis Gamez]

Lovely capture Judy. I see some noise or image distortion in the wing.

[Freddy Franzella]

Nice looking image Judy Lynn! nice looking detail well done!