Gull-Billed Terns -

[James Shadle]

are rare around here, so I was happy to capture this speciman in flight.
Nikon D700, Nikon 600mm F4 AF-S with Kenko Pro 300 1.4
ISO 400 1/1600 @ F7.1
Manual Exposure
AF-C, Focus+Release Priority, 9 Point Dynamic AF.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Great pose, exposure & sharpness. Fantastic background. Only wish the right wing was a bit higher to see more of the underside. JR

[Harshad Barve]

Fanatstic HA, BG , EXPO ,
lovely image , liked it as presented
TFS

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great flight image, excellent pose, HA, wing position. Veru nice BG and composition.
I like it a lot. There is a white line just behind the eye, is that real? Probably early molting stage...

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful one james, the pose looks great, the expo is on dot. the Bg is to die for, congrats..

[Dan Brown]

A Beauty James!! I love the BG color. and the contrast between the sharpness of the bird and the softness of the BG!!

[Dave Barnes]

Exposure is great, comp is good, Bg colour is nice. Ditto Dan on contrast, not only in sharpness but also in colour.
Did you run a NR on the bird?

[James Shadle]

ILIJA,
The line is real. This was taked about 3 weeks ago.
They are still feeding babies.
James

Dave,
No noise reduction on the Tern.
James

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good find, I have no idea where this species is numerous. The BG and eye contact make this one for me.

[Grace Scalzo]

Rare bird against such a sweet background, what a winner.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great catch Captain! I love the BG and exposure is perfect. Pose is good and framing spot on. :) Thanks for sharing. :)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Lovely pose, exp and absolutely gorgeous BG. Excellent shot!