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.
Joe Przybyla
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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
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.
with love, artie
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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.
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.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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.
TFS
Steve
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.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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?
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams