Portrait Of A Royal Tern

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Taken at the Sanibel pier early in the morning as the birds were gathering for the fishermen to throw them a fish or two. This little Royal was having a rest and gave me an opportunity to get up close.

Nikon d300
Nikon 300 F4
ISO 400
1/1250, F5.6
manual and hand held.

All comments are much appreciated.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I will never get tirede of these majestic birds, I love them! Light, BG, head turn and sharpness looks great, I see a little hot white in the back of his/her head that could be recovered, other than that, very nice shot! Congratulations!

[Raymond Barlow]

beautiful details on the beak Judy, really nicely done.

[Jason Searle]

love the details on the beak a real standout, nice exposure and soft bg aswell :)

[Dean Ingwersen]

Sweet comp, light and details, but as Ramon suggests there seems a little hot patch of white at the back of the head. Great image.

[James Salywoda]

Sweet portrait Judylynn nice pose and details very cool to get the oppt. to shoot this species up close.... Congrats!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice details on the beak and great pose and angle!

[Doug Brown]

Really like the detail in the beak Judy! I can't remember a thread with so many positive comments about beak detail, but they're well-deserved here.