Least Tern in Flight

[Michael Pancier]

Caught him as he left the ground. Shot under overcast skies.

EOS 7D
Canon 500 4.0L + 1.4x TC II
f/5.6
1/2000
ISO 400
Manual Mode (+ 1 2/3 off of cloudy sky)
cropped to 8x10

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic flight pose, love the blur in the wing tips that suggests movement. Great to get definition in the eye. Overcast helps with the EXP control.
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[Michael Pancier]

Fantastic flight pose, love the blur in the wing tips that suggests movement. Great to get definition in the eye. Overcast helps with the EXP control.
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Thanks Fabs. Just fixed the image. I've been playing around with the LR watermark feature...:D

[Stu Bowie]

Well exposed, and I like the forward wing position. I would maybe move him back to the right in the frame.

[Fabs Forns]

Thanks Fabs. Just fixed the image. I've been playing around with the LR watermark feature...:D

Thanks, Mike, very much appreciated. It was nice, shame on the rule :cool:

[allanrube]

Besides what has been said I like the soft colors in the image. Of course, that has to do with lighting conditions as Fabs mentioned.

[Doug Brown]

Like the wing position a lot, and you've got good eye contact. You might be able to pull a little more detail out of the blacks. I would move the bird slightly to the right in the frame.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, soft light and eye contact. I would sharpen the bird more and agree with Doug on the composition. There is a bit CA around the B/W borders that should be easy to fix in the RAW file.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice bank and wing position and great look! But it looks a bit OOF to me as the head is soft and plumage has no detail.

[Michael Pancier]

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is a repost. I cropped from the real of the bird and I tried pulling out some more detail out of the blacks. Let me know if this works better.

[arash_hazeghi]

this one is much better head is sharp!