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    One more from Galveston, TX.

    40D. 400 f5.6 at f/6.3. iso 320. 1/4000. no flash.

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    Nice low angle giving a clean BG. Exposure looks good and orange bill a nice focal point. Body is angled slightly away but head looks parallel.
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    Thx Tony....yes I did apply the head-angle wisdom that I have learnt here. really appreciated.

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    I like the angle, sharpness and look-back pose and wish for softer light as the whites look almost a bit grayish.

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    Apart from the light this is really nice Kaustubh! Like the detail, the low angle, sharpness and the eye contact. Did you do anything to the BG, like Guassian blur??

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    Krijn, no I havent done any blurring on BG. did some NR on BG which causes some softness. But the BG is blurred because I was very close to the bird. This is almost full-frame. f/5.6 would have been better for blurring but since I was so close, I wasn't sure the tail would have been sharp at wide-open.

    The best shot would have been if I had shot from a couple of feet to my right. I was crawling and approaching. he flew off before I got to that angle. But hey...this was a lifer for me...so more than happy to get this one.

    Thx everyone. I will go back to the RAW file and see if I can do something else in processing the whites.

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    Another great low angle perspective of this beautiful Tern.

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