Common Tern.

[Daniel Cadieux]

It was fun and surprising to have this individual, plus a begging juvenile, land very close to me on a local beach recently. This adult tern was walking away from said juvenile, with the young one (just out of the frame at right) following in pursuit of an easy meal that was no longer so easy to get...

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/640s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, darkened the pupil, a couple of white specks on the crown removed.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

In addition to the nice tech. details, the marching pose makes this one work for me. If both feet were down, the low angle would cause us to lose the colorful feet.

Lovely background, like the sweep of the wing and tail.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great marching pose, excellent IQ, Daniel. Great to have one on the ground.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, getting down really low here has framed the Tern so well against the surf BG. Excellent exposure all round, well timed to capture the raised foot, and I do like the splayed tail. The pastel graduated colours to the BG add a lot to this image.

[keith mitchell]

Love the marching pose and the nice low angle, red feet and bill adds a nice bit of colour to the scene, real nice image Dan.

[gail bisson]

Daniel,
Love the marching pose and the lines created by the wing and Tail feathers.
Great POV and exposure is perfect. Soft overcast light really helps when photographing these guys. You also have a great BG
The feet seem very red to me. Perhaps it is a regional variation? The common terns here have red feet but definitely not this bright.
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird. Very nice pose with raised foot, wonderful colors, great details and nice composition.


Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Flack]

Hi Dan, super low angle and great composition on this one! I really like the raised foot and the calling pose. Nice one!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

THe movement adds some nice dynamics to the image Daniel.
I like the low POV and the simplicity of the tones as well.
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

love the raised foot and the low angle, well done Dan! just wish we could see the other foot a bit better

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo the previous comments. Lovely image, Daniel. Thank you for sharing.

[adrian dancy]

This bird has a great and very quaint pose with the foot raised. The colours and detail are all there and all techs look good. Nice work.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the walking pose, IQ, red foot and composition. The different view of the Tern is very interesting. Excellent image Daniel!

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background, Daniel.