Making The Turn

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Taken this week at Fort Desoto. The Royal Terns were quite active and such fun to observe. A fabulous place for photgraphic opportunitues.

Nikon D300, Nikon 300mm F2.8, 1/3200, F8, ISO 400

All comments are appreciated. Thanks 1

[Sid Garige]

Full wing spread, Beautiful tail and perfect eye contact made this image for me. Very good image.

[Rich Steel]

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.

Cheers

Rich

[Tony Whitehead]

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.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is pretty darn good!! Love the light, and of course the fully extend tail. Great photograph.

[Dave Courtenay]

Great tip to tip detail and sharpness and nicely cropped

[Dan Elster]

Just about perfect!!

[Michael Rosenbaum]

Excellent image, Judy. The tail is stunning.

[Jim Zipp]

Judy, I really like the level head with the body tilted to give you that nice top view. Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Great pose Judy!

[Michael Wolf]

Simply fantastic !! Amazing really !

[Stephen Stephen]

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!

[Glenn Bartley]

A fantastic flight shot. What a great pose!

[Fabs Forns]

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 :)

[Mike Lentz]

Judy Judy Judy! You captured a terrific image!

[hugh robateau]

Very nice shot, Judy!! I like the pose and the sharpness of the image.

[Nicole Brooker]

Wonderful light and I love the wing position and tail spread. A beautiful photo.

[Mike McCarthy]

Sweet shot Juday. Beautiful light and pose. Like the wing position and topside view. Nice job.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Excellent pose and eye contact! It's just a bit dark on my monitor.

[Lance Warley]

Like Michael said, the tail alone is worth the price of admission. Beautiful.

And, great title!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

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

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congrats Judy!!!
I Iove the warm light and the details!!!