ForstersTern

[James Salywoda]

Forsters Tern
Southern, California

Taken earlier in the summer as we always have a high number of these birds and other Tern species
here at the wetlands during the spring/summer.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Doug Brown]

Terrific job with the exposure and sharpness Jim! Nice eye contact too. The tip of the bill gets a little lost in the BG, but it's an excellent image.

[Greg Basco]

Jim, beautiful portrait. I love the way the bird pops from the dark BG.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Gorgeous portrait Jim and I love the excellent detail and especially around the eyes . They just pop out. Wonderful exposure and BG too. Great work !!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

I love it, everything commented above is right, exposire, light, sharpness and eye contect are great, I might've lightened the BG just a little bit so that the bill and black feather of the head don't get lost in the BG. Still, big congrats, it is terrific shot!

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Very nice portrait image with excellent exposure James. IMO composition wise I feel a slight crop from the right would improve this presentation.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great portrait and details. Adding to the other comments, I might clone out one of the catchlights.