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    Here is one from the past that I captured at Ft. Desoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. This image captures a Royal Tern tossing the fish to position it for swallowing. If successful when diving for a fish after regaining flight terns toss the fish for easy swallowing. I have been working past image during it seems a week of cloudy, dark weather. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D500Nikon 80-400 F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, Handheld
    1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 720 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
    Cropped for composition and presentation
    Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 02-09-2022 at 09:33 AM.
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    Super shot, good and sharp well done.

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    Great timing and I'm glad you left the lower strip of blue at the bottom to break the BG a little.

    How close were you to the action? I'm surprised you went with the zoom and converter option - do they come in really close to shore?

    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Poole View Post
    Great timing and I'm glad you left the lower strip of blue at the bottom to break the BG a little.

    How close were you to the action? I'm surprised you went with the zoom and converter option - do they come in really close to shore?

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    Hey Mike, No TC. Just the crop factor of the camera.

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    Hey Joe, This is a real winner! Love the great look at the fish. Am I correct in thinking that the shadow of the fish falls on the upper mandible??? My only wish would be for a better look at the near-underwing.

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    Now that's the ticket Joe, you are back on form again, cooking on gas.

    Having the sea in view just elevates the capture it in my book.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Poole View Post
    Great timing and I'm glad you left the lower strip of blue at the bottom to break the BG a little.

    How close were you to the action? I'm surprised you went with the zoom and converter option - do they come in really close to shore?

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    Hi Mike, thank you for viewing and commenting. The birds were diving and feeding as I remember maybe one hundred feet (30 meters) off the surf line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Hey Joe, This is a real winner! Love the great look at the fish. Am I correct in thinking that the shadow of the fish falls on the upper mandible??? My only wish would be for a better look at the near-underwing.

    with love, artie
    Hi Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting. You are correct that is the fish's shadow on the upper mandible. I may have one with a better near wing position but then the fish is out of position.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Now that's the ticket Joe, you are back on form again, cooking on gas.

    Having the sea in view just elevates the capture it in my book.

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    Hi Steve, thank you for viewing and commenting. I also like the sea at the bottom of the image. I left it in because I thought it added context to the image and anchored it.
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    Congratulations on a fine action image here Joe! Looks great on all counts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Hey Joe, This is a real winner! Love the great look at the fish. Am I correct in thinking that the shadow of the fish falls on the upper mandible??? My only wish would be for a better look at the near-underwing.

    with love, artie
    Hey Artie, better near wing position?
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    Ansel could not have done better on this opportunity. By a small margin I would choose no your first image.All plaudits well deserved.

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    Hi Joe .... one of your best ever posted images , IMHO , as far as i can remember .
    Big congrats !!!!

    Stunning action captured .

    Love it and TFS Andreas

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    Glad you reposted this. Love the action and timing Joe! Congratulations on nailing this one!

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
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