Royal Tern

[John Mack]

Royal tern bathing in the morning light. Image adjustments in Lightroom. Hand held, small crop.

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

[Adhika Lie]

Even though there is no eye contact here, I think this image shows a very nice behavior. I think the tones are handled very nicely, the light is beautiful. I can't suggest anything else other than slight CW rotation.

[Ashkan Ojaghi]

Hi John,
Great action and love the water splash on between the wings. I would do a slight CW rotation. I was wondering if you have a version with a better eye contact (eye fully open)? that might work better IMO.
Cheers

[Mike Poole]

I agree with the rotation comments, but with the bathing pose I think it gets away with the limited view of the eye.

Mike