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    There are two endemic New Zealand terns which can be seen in New Zealand's South Island.
    This is the smaller of the two the Black-fronted Tern.
    PentaxK10D with Sigma 400 PKAF lens.
    Summer morning in bright sun @ 8.45 AM.
    1/4000 @ F5,6 400 ISO. Spot metered. No EV adjustment.
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    Nice to capture a flight image of this pretty bird Ian. This looks like a heavy crop and is quite soft. There is a loss of detail in the highlights on top of the near wind and little shadow detail on the body and head. It is a challenging exposure situation - what did you spot meter off? It depends on how much data there is in the original image as to whether any more detail is recoverable
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    Thanks for your reply Tony.
    These days I just leave the camera set on Spot Metering so presumably the camera measures from about the middle of the image if bird in centre of the frame.
    I love trying to get flight pictures of these neat little terns.
    Yes it was a fairly substantial crop.
    Here is original resized but otherwise unedited.
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    Neat bird, too bad about the original image size, doesn't give you much to work with.

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    This seems to be a beautiful species. I agree that the crop makes it nearly impossible to do the bird justice.

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