Common Tern

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This is one from Nickerson Beach last week. It was nice to have some high clouds.

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/6.3, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Krijn Trimbos]

Another nice Tern shot Axel. The BG is great as is the shrimp? and flight angle. Love the wing position. Great job!

[Jory Griesman]

Nice windspread, with good detail on far wing. Nice background. Head turn right on. Bonus of crab in bill. Great shot, Axel.

[adrian dancy]

Stunning....killer shot in all respects.

[Troy Lim]

Great shot, Axel, love the V position of the wings. The shrimp just adds to this image.

[Arthur Morris]

Ditto Krijn. I am voting for shrimp over fish and crab. This is a pretty much perfect image: great capture and impeccable processing.

[Mike Tracy]

Even though it's frowned upon to say "great shot" since Mr. Morris did above I also echo that. I don't see anything to suggest improvement. The background colors and light are superb.

[Bryan Hix]

Wow Axel, after chasing these guys around a couple of weekends ago along with Black Terns, I can appreciate how difficult it is to have a shot like this in your collection. I love everything about it! :)

[Michael Lotito]

Outstanding exposure and detail.

[Markus Jais]

I agree with the others. This is pretty much perfect. Wonderful light, wing pose, BG and composition. Perfect sharpness and the prey in the bill makes it even better.

Markus

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful control here Axel Bhai, classic pose and BG here.. sure the feed adds..

[Grace Scalzo]

Let me add my voice to the chorus of compliments on this beauty. You have a signature style of which this is a perfect example, clean, well composed, interesting, and artistic.

[Gen Benjamin]

As the others have said this is a wonderful image. I love everything about it but what really puts it over the top for me is the look in the birds eye, almost as if he acknowledging to you what a special image this is.
Gen

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful, Axel. Love the sharpness of the eye and the lovely soft bg. Of course, the prey is a big bonus.

[James Salywoda]

Great angle of capture Axel nice bg and detail.

[Stu Bowie]

You guys are killing me with your Tern images, and this is pretty much as good as they get. Excellent capture, and I like the eye contact here. Good overall exposure, tack sharp, and that BG is simply outstanding.

[Wilson Hum]

Very nice shot of the tern. You have a nice flight position, light and background. Even better to have a catch between its bill.