Beautiful image Judy, makes me look forward to the summer when our terns return. Excellent detail and exposure on this shot and the full spread of the tail makes for a great pose.
Fantastic Judy - great light, feather detail. Love these aerodynamics in action type shots - tail spread and alula extended. You just can't see these things in real time.
Judy Lynn it's all been said (almost) before me. I'll only add that I love how the tail feathers become more opaque where they start to overlap. Well done!
Beautiful pose, Judy.
The only think I don't like is the wingtips, they seem to be the focus of the image. This happens a lot and I have a tutorial about it in the Digital Workflow Forum.
I would have sharpened this on a layer, and, with an layer mask, erase the effect of the sharpening on both wingtips for a more even look.
I t seems like you enjoyed your Desoto trip :)
This is an incredible image. The sharpness and the details as well balanced. Excellent span of wings and all the tail feathers. Cannot comment anything bad here.
Szimi