Least Tern

[John Mack]

Nickerson Beach, 5/16/21 at 5:38PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 1DX MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
Canon Extender EF 1.4X III
ISO 640
f5.6
1/4000sec

[Glenn Conlan]

John love the subtle tones, maybe less on the bottom

[Arthur Morris]

The face is sweet with the preening action but overall a bit too low on the perspective for me.

with love, arite

[Colin Driscoll]

I like the mood, but yes the crop needs some re-thinking. I also like the sandstorm look.

[David Pugsley]

I love low, out-of-the-beach looks, but this one may a bit too low. A reworked crop would help.

[Kurt Bowman]

I love the colors in this one and the warmth of the image. I also wish you would crop it a bit different thought with less FG

[Brian Sump]

John, a very smooth and calming frame. There are few cases where eyes closed work for me and this is one.

Really like that you're pushing boundaries in terms of crop, that said I'd trade some more above for some below. Also would be tempted to blend that little section of shoreline going down diagonally toward the LL corner.

TFS!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John ... love the dreamy feel in this image , super cool effect .
All works well for me , just wish the eye would be somehow visible .
Love the duo pastel toning in FG and BG

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Hi John....much like your previous post with the FG blending into the BG....I like it, as I did you're previous one...Well done on trying something 'different' ....

Will

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the image, the foreground/background seamlessly blending and the beautiful detail, colours are good, I may have been inclined to take a slice off the base.