Where Is That Child?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This Common Tern was looking for its chick.

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/7.1, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Susan Candelario]

Like everything about this image, Axel!

[Colin Knight]

Beautiful as expected, Axel. TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Axel, its a stunner. Terns look so beautiful when frozen this way. The exposure is perfect and that BG with the OOF greens below is just too sweeet. Prey takes it to another level. Congrats.

[Doug Brown]

I like the fish and the unconventional pose. Nice and sharp! Wouldn't mind a little more eye contact.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture, great light. Personally I would have opted for more shutter speed but the sharpness is very good.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent pose captured I like the little hint of green in BG well done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Its so beautifully Done Axel.. too good.. loved the feel to it...

[Krijn Trimbos]

Lovely shot Axel. I like the catch, pose and BG. Nice one

[Danny Laredo]

Super sweet flight image Axel, love the detail.

[Hendri Venter]

You did very well to get it sharp with that SS. Splendid BIF image.

[Markus Jais]

Great wing pose and tail spread. Fish is great, too. A wonderful shot.

Markus

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

I don't know how you managed to get the bird so sharp with that SS!! Beautiful Axel - love it as presented :)

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Axel, like the dive pose and good exposure

[Josée Normandeau]

Love the asymetrical pose, the light and the little fish!

[Art Kornienko]

It's a beauty Axel, love the crop and the fish is a real bonus, great timing. I might have tried to do something with the darker green in the lower left corner, it seems to distract just a touch.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the wing positions, and how the fish is framed against the far wing. Did he find the chick?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing positions, and how the fish is framed against the far wing. Did he find the chick?

Thanks, Stuart! Eventually, he found it. The chicks get a little adventurous once in a while and sometimes the parents don't seem to remember their own nest.

[Ana Garcia]

its beautiful. how do you do that?