Common Tern Flash Blur

[Arthur Morris]

This image was created at Nickerson Beach. Denise and I had hoped for a repeat of the spectacular golden orange yellow sunset of the previous night but it was not to be as the clouds rolled in. So we opted to make soup from a stone and create some blurs and flash blurs. (The flash blurs became blurs when the flash did not fire because it did not have enough time to re-charge :))

Canon 100-400mm IS L lens handheld at 400mm with the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 200. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/30 sec. at f/6.3 in Tv Mode. Flash mounted on camera with Better Beamer; ETTL at zero with rear curtain synch.

Don't be shy; all comments welcome.

ps: We have been working on the Guide to Pleasing Blurs :)

[denise ippolito]

Artie, This one came out beautiful. I like the amount of blur and the layered BG adds a lot to the image.:) I also love the pose.

[Steve Adkins]

Artie, Wonderful sense of motion... the sharper beak and the head angle are engaging.

[Arthur Morris]

Denise and Steve: thanks a ton :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Artie, I love the pose and the bg colors. It has a ghost-like look to it.:)

[Myer Bornstein]

Nice sense of motion, that is how the terns look when they fly right at you :D

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Really like the rear curtain flash giving the blur behind and the head pretty sharp. At first I thought the crop was tight on the bottom, but I think it adds some great tension and dynamic feel.