Least Tern courtship -3

[Sid Garige]

Canon 7d 500mm F4
F8 1/1200

[Nancy A Elwood]

WOW Sid! So dreamy. Great exposure and composition and that low angle!! Congrats!

[Leandro Herrainz]

excelent! great moment, the light the sharp and bg are amazing!

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Sid awesome for sure, might you share with us newbies how to go about getting this look? Over the TOP Master!!!
Thks Don

[Juan Aragonés]

Sid the image looks a bit soft in my monitor (It looks like the effect of a noise reduction efect). The composition and timing are just KILLER. I love the double eye contact, the low shooting angle, the wing´s position and the fish in the bill. Really good one :)

[Fabs Forns]

Sid, very nice, but I like the other two better because of the face to face interaction.
Hope to go there again soon :)

[Don Lacy]

Another sweet image Sid, love the out stretch wings and the HA on both Terns. Did you use NR on this image?

[Sid Garige]

Another sweet image Sid, love the out stretch wings and the HA on both Terns. Did you use NR on this image?

yes, Don. Did some noise reduction.

[Sid Garige]

Juan and Don,

Here is the image with out noise reduction.

[Adams Serra]

Great series Sid. # 3 is my favorite so far.

[Troy Lim]

Sid, lovely shot.
Where did you take these?

[arash_hazeghi]

Very cool Sid, interaction is super and exposure is perfect and the fish is a big plus. Did very well, congrats.

Agree with Juan and Don, NR causes a bit plasticy look in the feathers, there isn't any visible noise in an image like this any way.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Sid,
Dang.....you're making me want to get on a plane right now!!! Another beauty!!! Pose, BG, story, angle are all perfect!

[Don Lacy]

Sid I see no reason for NR on this image especially on the Terns. Usually down sampling to web size is enough to clean up a little noise in the BG and only after down sampling do i decide if it needs NR and will use a layer mask to apply it only to the BG.

[Michael Stern]

Sid, you are the man! Excellent everything on this image!!!:D
Best,
Mike