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    Default Common Tern With Sand Eel

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    Not thrilled with the background as there was some sandy areas among the grass, but I like it even in spite of this :)

    Nikon D300, 500 AFS~VR, ISO 800, F 5.6, 1/4000, NearUniWB preset, CW metering, EV compensation +.3

    The reason for the high ISO was that one minute it was sunny and one minute cloudy...and, as I was shooting these birds really close, the subject to camera flyby speed was pretty darned fast.

    I didn't blur the heck out of the background...it was a fair distance behind the bird and it was really windy which helped diffuse it's detail even more.

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    Last edited by Jim Fenton; 07-15-2008 at 08:26 PM.

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    Jim, I quite like the background. Excellent capture with really good details and sharpness.

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    Nicely exposed and sharp. Background don't bother me.. :)

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    another really nice one Jim. The head is nicely framed by the rt wing.
    The wings being forward and down, it's is almost like a protective behavior....the little fish ain't leaving
    or getting stolen.....I'm protecting it

    very nice sir

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    Boy Jim, you're your own worst critic. It's a very nice photo. Like the head and eel silhouetted against the wing. BG works well for me. Nice job!

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    I am not a big fan of this wing position but it is acceptable here with the head position which is almost perfectly framed by the far wing... The sand eel is cool but the bird's head is angled slightly away from you.I think that a crop from the bottom would work well.
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