Arctic Tern

[John Ippolito]

Arctic Tern
Portage Valley,
Chugach National Forest, Alaska
D300, 500 f4 VR, ISO 400, f4, 1/1250, manual, NX2, CS3
RRS Versa Tripod, Wimberly II
The catchlight looks a bit unnatural, but the tern was flying into the last light of the day

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great bird and perfect flight pose. The light is fantastic and the BG is excellent.
Open bill and eye contact a plus. The edge of the right wing is quite bright but
I don't mind it here. The only things that I would try to correct is the bit of halo/back-light
bright line on the rump and top of the tail, and I would darken the black cap a bit to get rid
of a bit of noise that I think I can see. Great one!

[Lorant Voros]

Super light, great pose, open beak and sweet background. Very well done.
Lorant

[sandy richards]

John, excellent flight shot - great pose with the mouth open, good wing position and great BG
I'd perhaps lighten or blend in the upper left darker areas a bit.
Beautiful!

[Fabs Forns]

It works for me as presented, love seeing a lot of that gorgeous green BG. Nice catch light and the open bill a plus.

[Steve Canuel]

Hi John,
Really like the soft light and BG here. The light on the bird lends an almost metallic shimmer to the wings. Nice one.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful BG colors show off this tern. Nice sharp details and the open mouth is a bonus!:)

[Michael Zajac]

The wing position is great. The BG is super. I think that the open mouth makes this stand out.

[Charles Mills]

A superb image in every respect.

[Harshad Barve]

this is excellent capture John , killer pose and BG here, big congrats
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Good flying posture John, and overall nice and sharp. The catchlight looks fine to me, and good to see the open beak. What a killer BG too.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice shot - like the space all around...might be a wee bit oversharpened

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

John, loved this one. excellent IQ. beautiful light and wing position. Crop wise, I'd like a more pano one with some more space in front.....but awesome as-is as well.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose, BG colors and sharpness look very good. I would tone down the whites underneath the eye and there are some artifacts in the BG. It should be easy to fix those.

[John Ippolito]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.