Caspian Tern

[James Salywoda]

Caspian Tern
Southern California

I really like the multi colored BG as the image has a 3d feel to it.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4
1/3200 F6.3 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Ofer Levy]

Gorgeous shot Jim! Light, BG and fish puts it over the top. White looks slightly on the grey side on my monitor.

[Harshad Barve]

Outstanding images James, BG , light , wing pose and fish , everything spot on
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent details, wing position and nice BG, eye contact and fish add more. TFS

[Lorant Voros]

Perfect exposure, nice eye contact, details, flying pose. Fish is a big bonus and I love the BG. Only think would make it better is not having the shadow on the back wing. Pretty sweet, James.

[Arthur Morris]

Super sharp, killer BKGR. Nice fish (though a small one for this huge tern :)) I agree with Ofer on the too-gray whites.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent frame Jim. You gotta love that pickleweed BG! I might go for a tighter crop, taking a bit off the bottom.

[Aidan Briggs]

I would also crop a bit off the bottom. Great image though. I love the BG, wing position, and prey item.

[Hendri Venter]

I agree with a slight more pano crop but otherwise perfect. Such lovely BG colours.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharpness and exposure against a killer bg. Ditto on pano crop. Well done !

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent fore-quarter flight pose and added interest with prey.

[Gen Benjamin]

Wonderful image. I especially love the background, the eye contact & the fish. Very nice image
Gen

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Looks very good, I like the eye contact and BG and the fish adds to it. Adding to the other comments, I might try to lighten the shadow on the far wing.

[James Salywoda]

I have to agree about the whites I saw some red in them and pulled it down but just a bit to much.;) Thanks For comments everyone..

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved it.. yeah the BG works great here...