The Wing or Not the Wing?

[Arthur Morris]

Royal Tern chick begging on ridge of sand dune


This image was created on 18 July 2021 on a beach near Jacksonville, FL, on the last morning of the second JAX IPT. Standing on the third step of a large step-stool, I used the 81 inch tall Induro GIT505XXL Grand Series 5 Stealth Carbon Fiber Tripod/Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro-mounted-Sony FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS lens, the Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter, and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Body Only). ISO 1600. The exposure was determined by Zebras with ISO on the rear wheel: 1/640 sec. at f/8 (wide open) in Manual mode. RawDigger showed this exposure to be perfect. AWB at 69am on a clear, sunny morning.

Tracking” Expand Spot/AF-C was active at the moment of exposure and performed perfectly.

Would you like this image better with the wing removed, or with the wing flopped and placed in the upper right corner? You can see both versions and learn more about the creation of this image in the blog post here. There is also a photo of a friend and me up on the ladders!

with love, artie