Swift Tern in full flight

[Stu Bowie]

While I was down at the coast a few months back, these Terns gave me endless pleasure, capturing all forms of flight angles and postures. I liked the fully extended wings in this.

Canon 50D
100-400 @400mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 640

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held from the beach.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

the light looks great...nice pose too!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light and pose. Good comp too. The whitest circle in LLC catches my eye a bit.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the comp bhai, great light and details too, congrats..

[John Ippolito]

Lovely light, pose and BG. Might tone down the bright spots in LLC as Daniel noticed. Very nice image, Stuart.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback guys. As per Dan and John's suggestion, LLC sorted.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

I agree with Daniel about the distraction, and I think the repost is better, cleaner image, good balance between right and left now. Before, it was somewhat left heavy between the bird and the brighter areas.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Stuart, Lovely pose and details-very nice BG and super repost!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Love the original as well. White spots were not even catching my eyes. Nice image with lovely wingpose.

Szimi

[Morkel Erasmus]

great pose and exposure in great light Stu! can't wait for my first trip to the coast with my DSLR-bag...going to the West Coast in December (Bird Island is on the itinerary...)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing position, sharpness and BG and would put the bird a little bit lower in the frame.

[Danny J Brown]

Stuart - That's some pretty fast shooting to get that little guy with room left in front. I think the blue background really makes the bird look sweet. Thank you.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great bird and pose, nice light, really a nice one.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose Stuart , nice expo and I am ok with both posts here
TFS

[Betsie Storm]

Stuart, I like the colours- creamy on blue BG, good feather details, overall very easy on the eye.

[Doug Brown]

Nice sharpness with good wing position and eye contact. The repost is an improvement. Agree with Axel's suggestion.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[James Salywoda]

Very nice Stuart I really like the ripples from the waves in the bg excellent wing position captured on the Tern in some nice light.