Sandwich Tern Diving For Fish

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image on the bay fishing pier at Ft. De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 280
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[gail bisson]

You did very well to get this fast diving position.
Image looks dark and I would increase the exposure. I would also try to sharpen up the head-it is sharp but not
'tack sharp".
Composition is good for my taste, Gail
PS. I am on my laptop and realize that my monitor brightness may be showing the image as too dark...

[Glenn Pure]

The action and pose here is great Joe. Brightness looks fine on my monitor. This one does look a bit soft to me though - maybe a bit of motion blur as I guess the bird was moving pretty fast here? Framing and composition work well for me and you have handled the colour and tone skillfully, as usual! Thanks for sharing.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Joe, I like the colour palette here and the inclusion of the horizon is a nice addition. Agree that the subject looks a tad soft, perhaps not quite 'looked on', or is this a hefty crop? If you brighten it just be careful of the whites in the body. I do however like the yellow tip of the beak, just breaks the overall colour up.

TFS
Steve

[William Dickson]

Hi Joe, I agree it is a wee bit soft, but what a terrific flight pose you captured, you can 'feel' the speed. Lovely colours throughout.

Will

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very Interesting image. It conveys the motion.
Thank you for sharing.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.