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    Well I'm not sure about the sex of these Common Tern fledglings, but I do know at least that they are in the same brood and used to being close to each other. The young ones are fledging from the Shediac Bay Marina colony in New Brunswick. These have their bills open in anticipation of being fed. The normally aggressive parents are very tolerating of your presence at this stage and are happy to fly in and out, delivering food on a regular basis.

    Despite the good light, I upped the ISO to 800 to allow a small aperture and thus lots of depth of field to obtain focus on both birds. I cropped a little, lightened the eyes a little and cleaned up an ugly pile of fish bones (tern pellets on the deck).

    Date: 29 July, 2010, Time: 12:03h
    Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
    Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x @ 700 mm
    Program: Manual
    ISO 800, 1/1000s, f/11
    Exp. comp.: 0.0
    Flash: no flash

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    John, I love this image. The begging poses are nice, as is the pano crop with just enough background to compliment and not overpower. Lots of fun little details too, like the remnants of fuzz on the left one's head and the fresh juvenile feathers. There's a tiny little dust spot above the left one's head (as viewed) which you may wish to remove, but other than that I have nothing but praise for this image.

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    Thanks Grace. I see the spot! I rarely use F11 so don't see the spots too often. The Visible Dust brush will have to come out!

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    Wonderful light, open bills, and siblings! Getting about two inches higher would have avoided the partial merge of the dock with the head of the bird on our left.
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    Super comp John, and I like pastel colours in this. Good HA's, open bills, and the exposure all add up to a fine image.

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    Soft light, sharpness, interaction, pano crop and eye contact make this one for me. The setting is surprisingly unobtrusive.

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    Great comp. Like the open beaks and bg. Low angle makes this and i like the soft colours. Well done !

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    Excellent details and exposure as always with your images.

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    Very sweet tete a tete, almost identical head angles and open bills, great EXp and detail, way to go, John.

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