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    Default Royal Tern starting dive -- Nikon 200-500 mm

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    This image was created on September 23, 2018 on the Fall Fort DeSoto IPT. I used the hand held Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens (at 400mm) and the blazingly fast professional digital camera body, the Nikon D5 DSLR camera body with dual XQD slots). (Auto) ISO 720. Matrix metering +1 stop: 1/2000 sec. at f/5.6 in S (Shutter Priority) mode (TV in Canon) was somewhat of an over-exposure. AUTO1 WB at 7:43am in full sun. Center Group (grp)/Shutter Button AF was active at the moment of exposure. AFA Fine-Tune Value: zero. See the Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide here.

    This image was created from a horizontal original. The WHITEs were saved during the RAW conversion in ACR.

    As for the image, don't be shy; have at it. (No spoilers please ...)

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    Hey Artie, your nailing them with your Nikon gear. Sharp, nice even light on the wing surfaces. Works well in a vertical, I might have gone to a 5x7 and rotated the bird a tad CCW so it is diving for the bottom left corner. Would have to see and work with it. A thing with me that I love the corners. Thank you for sharing.
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    Beautiful light and a nice dynamic pose - I read the blog so no spoilers from me!!

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    I love the light and pose. I love the comp with the perfect amount of space all around. I too will leave it to others as I've seen the blog as well .

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    I like the pose, sharpness and composition. Nice image Arthur.

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    Excellent pose here Artie with a great head angle. I read your blog as well as I always do. Have an opinion on what you did but did not read the comments there and will not spoil either.

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    nice dynamic pose, nice even light and wing position. might be tempted to use SS 30-40 , 0.5 on the head only. I keep my SS fastest than 1/3200sec for diving terns. you will get better results with the 500 PF now, AF is MUCH faster

    I never liked the 200-500 but I lost almost nothing in selling mine so many folks must like it a lot....
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    Love the pose and the crop shows the bird well. The trailing legs are nice as is the HA. Personally I would have liked to see the whites a wee bit whiter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by William Dickson View Post
    Love the pose and the crop shows the bird well. The trailing legs are nice as is the HA. Personally I would have liked to see the whites a wee bit whiter.

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    That's what happens when you start with an image that is borderline over-exposed ...

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    Love the pose. The 'determined' look is cool as are the visible feet. I read the blog so no spoilers from me! TFS

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    Very nice. The pose, determined look, and exposed feet combine to make this a great tern image. I have not read the blog, but I'll say the the primaries look really similar on the two wings.

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    Hey Dorian, There is a good reason that the primaries look so similar ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by arash_hazeghi View Post
    nice dynamic pose, nice even light and wing position. might be tempted to use SS 30-40 , 0.5 on the head only. I keep my SS fastest than 1/3200sec for diving terns. you will get better results with the 500 PF now, AF is MUCH faster

    I never liked the 200-500 but I lost almost nothing in selling mine so many folks must like it a lot....

    I like the 200-500. Most folks like it because of the price tag. I am putting mine up for sale.

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