Common Tern

[John Mack]

This image was created at Nickerson Beach on 6/29/19 at 6:49AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 1600
f6.3
1/1600sec

[gail bisson]

Good solid image of this tern.
I wish for a better BG because plain blue is a bit boring.
I do like the catchlight in the eye and how sharp the image is considering he is coming towards you.
If the IQ can tolerate it, I would crop tighter.
Gail

[William Dickson]

Nice one John...Lovely detail on the head. As Gail suggested, I would crop tighter if the IQ holds. And yes, some clouds, etc, does make a big difference to the BG.

Will