Love is in the Air: Elegant Terns

[Doug Brown]

Elegant Tern courtship is an impressive sight to see. The male catches a nice fish and makes a bit of a commotion. An interested female approaches and then they fly in perfect formation like 2 fighter jets. Photographed in Southern California last July.



Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm, f/8, 1/2500, ISO 500, manual exposure, hand held

[Stu Bowie]

Perfect symmetry Doug, and interesting to see the different coloured bills. Well captured.

[Sid Garige]

Perfect symmetry Doug. Very well done image.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely behaviour well captured, Doug. Perfect image for a reference work on bird behaviour. I might nudge the birds fractionally higher in the frame.

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. Getting only one like this would already be great but two is amazing. The fish is an extra bonus.

Markus

[Steve Canuel]

Nicely timed to capture them in this position. I especially like the opposing head tilts.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice duo and both sharp and one with a fish, a very rare case and great that you were ready to capture this! light was not from the best angle and shadows are a bit silent, but overall a great shot. TFS