Arctic tern juv (Sterna paradisaea)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Also known as the Sea swallow. I captured this locally.

Hand held
OM-1
Focal length in 35 mm film : 1202.0mm
300mm f4 & MC20
ISO : 1600
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
Exposure compensation : +0.7 EV
Shutter : 1/2500 sec
Aperture : F8

ACR/PSCC

[Bill Dix]

A lovely shot of this fst-flying youngster. The surf provides a nice context.

[Paul Burdett]

Agree with Bill here. Love the in flight pose, BG, sharpness & colours. Just wondering if you could clone out the yellow patch, bottom right, as it's drawing my eye to it.

[Kurt Bowman]

Bird is nice and sharp, unfortunately the bird is moving away from us a bit. Still nicely managed.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Jon, a tern I have not seen before. I love the colors on the bird. Ocean color so much different than here. Thank you for sharing.

[Andreas Liedmann]

hi Jon .... this version looks better
overall you did well with the processing as the subject does look quite good . I do really like the color rendering . and the tones are processed nicely .
technically a pretty good flight shot and I would have taken this as a good one .... but meanwhile I try to look also for the angle , albeit maybe not as strict as the ´specialists ´here .
so i also do find the angle not ideal , but ok . the North Sea looks really murky , or is it somewhere in a harbor .

I think the image can go a bit brighter

tfs Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's the Irish sea, just off the River Mersey, I have others I appreciate angle not ideal for some ... more to follow.

[Andreas Liedmann]

when are the Otters from Mull coming .... hope you went for them and not only for the feathered friends

[Jonathan Ashton]

when are the Otters from Mull coming .... hope you went for them and not only for the feathered friends

I didn't get good images, I got so close that I didn't dare move, I had to be content with the experience. Lesson learnt. The distant images are too distant.

[Andreas Liedmann]

sorry to hear .... as I am thinking to shoot the Otters one day in the near future .
but due to my shoulder issues it will be not this year .