Forster's Tern " Pose Dynamics"

[James Salywoda]

Forster's Tern
Southern, California

When shooting Terns you really just time the shot and hope for the best at capturing a pose that looks appealing. This is another one from the West Coast Flight Workshop.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4
1/2000 F6.3 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Randy Stout]

James:

Lovely, very painterly feel, esp. the background. Sharp, interesting pose, esp. the tail flare. Nice exposure.

Cheers

Randy

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jim, I also liked the BG very much. superb pose, sharpness, perfect head turn and dynamic range. Terrific shot.

[Stu Bowie]

James, killer wing position, and the whites of the Tern, really make it stand out against that lovely BG. Well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

Great pose and details James!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great pose James Bhai, really loved the light, details and BG.. well done

[Troy Lim]

Killer shot, awesome BG. :)

[Nico Steenberg]

What a pose ! IMG is sharp and the exposure is nailed. Like the comp and bg. Well done !

[Scott Frye]

Great detail in twhites and I like the pose

[Aidan Briggs]

Just great. The soft light, pose, and sharpness couldn't be better. That workshop sounded amazing!! Jealous of all the terns you got. Especially the elegents.

[DanWalters]

Great light and I really like the position of the wings. Like the detail in the eye as well.

[Katie Rupp]

Absolutely beautiful! Has it all, pose, sharpness, great exposure, HA and love the bg...now if only I could have done half as well. It was great to meet you, Jim!

[christopher galeski]

good shot Jim,love the BG,the pose is magic.thanks.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, eye contact and BG. I might run NR on the BG and if it were mine, I would remove the specular highlights on the bill.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi James, this looks great. Great pose and HA towards the viewer, nice exposure as well. On my work monitor this could go a tad darker overal. Otherwise excellent

[James Salywoda]

Absolutely beautiful! Has it all, pose, sharpness, great exposure, HA and love the bg...now if only I could have done half as well. It was great to meet you, Jim!

Thanks so much and it was very nice meeting you. I know you took some great ones too.

[Hendri Venter]

Stunning image James. This stands out perfectly against the BG.