Common Tern Banking Right.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I was following this individual flying past me, and right at the perfect time it decided to bank to its right. I was in landscape orientation and just barely fit the wingtips in so this is cropped from horizontal but with canvas added top and bottom.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, toned down the brightest whites as well as some of the sheen on the bill.

[Bill Dix]

Perfectly outstretched wings, and the light soft enough to maintain some detail. You caught him just at the right time, before he got past you. Nicely done to keep from clipping the wings.

[adrian dancy]

Bills thoughts pretty much echo mine. These are pretty tricky especially in feeding mode.

[John Robinson]

Yes -nice one Dan.
Certainly not as easy as it looks.
John

[Karl Egressy]

This is a perfect banking pose, excellent flight shot, Daniel.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Excellent timing, exposure,catchlight.

In a perfect world, perhaps a nice small puffy cloud in a clear area of negative space to give a bit more depth to it.

Cheers


Randy

[Tony Whitehead]

Great job on this, Dan. Lovely plumage detail under the wings and the catchlight is crucial with many terns as their eye otherwise disappears into the black cap.

[christopher galeski]

Nice image,loverly banking pose,and nice detail.TFS.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvellous image, Daniel Sir.
Superb banking pose. Rest as usual excellent.

Regards,
Satish.

[gail bisson]

Nice flight shot Dan.
You have beautiful light AND the catchlight in the eye.
Nice and sharp.
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Daniel! I like the banking pose, composition, IQ, exposure and details.