Common terns displaying

[adrian dancy]

Canon 7D, Sigma 500f4.5 EX. Hand held.

To the best of my memory this is a full frame image.

ISO400, f5.6, 1/1250

Slight levels adjustment, sharpening and NR.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Adrian, I like the symmetrical poses, and even though the Tern on the left is further back and OOF, you timed the moment perfectly. Comp wise, I would take some off the bottom.

[Diane Miller]

Interesting in-focus / out-of-focus juxtaposition, giving an almost fantasy look. My only suggestion would be to maybe tone down the bright tail on the right, but not a big deal.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I've looked at this image longer than average, and it is growing on me by the second! I love what you went for here, and I feel that you successfully did so. Superb habitat, and very well done using the vegetation as framing elements. Very artistic....I dig it a lot. One of my favorite images of late...

[Geoff Newhouse]

At first glance I wasn't totally sure about the OOF bird but as Daniel mentioned after a bit longer viewing time I began to really like the whole image. I've been using some OOF foliage in some recent work that I will post here at some point and I like how you used that to frame your subjects. Very ethereal look to the whole image. Well done.

Geoff