Royal Terns

[John Mack]

Royal terns in pre-copulatory stand. I was photographing a sandwich tern right in front of me when i noticed these to terns right to my left. Fired off a few frames this one is my favorite.
Image adjustments in Lightroom. Hand held, full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
150mm
ISO 800
f5.6
1/2000sec

[Randy Stout]

John:

Eye catching pose, like there bills angling towards each other, low angle, soft background. Nice catchlights.

Perhaps a sliver more room on the right if you have it.

I am not seeing a lot of detail in some of the whites on the throats, but I am on my work monitor, which isn't perfect making that call.

[John Whaley]

I like the lighting and composition. As mentioned I would leave or add space to the rhs. Also think about removing the white bg object between the birds.