Common Tern

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I had way too much fun with these Common Terns. :) Photographed at Nickerson Beach, there were high clouds.

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1000s, f/5.6, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer details,pose...colors!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Tack sharp, with a good wing position and angle of flight. Well exposed, and you have brought out the eye nicely against the darker plumage. I like the inclusion of the grasses too. Well captured Axel.

[Jory Griesman]

Like the HA, wing position, compo, sharpness. Especially like the soft, earthy background, and foreground grasses, which render a "painterly" look.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Axel, BG grasses take it to another level....way to go. Stunning shot to say the least.

[Eric Diller]

Spot on shot!

[Norm Dulak]

Axel:

The grey background complements the colors of the sharp, wonderfully positioned bird. And the warm grasses below add a strong artistic touch. Bravo!

[stuart wanuck]

great job as always tfs

[Connie Mier]

Wow, fantastic in every way. The grass takes it over the top for me.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very nice Axel. High clouds are great for diffusing the light. Ditto comments already made:)

[Simon Bennett]

All round fine image Axel.

[arash_hazeghi]

looks good Axel, like everything about it, but I would not brighten the eye, it makes the tern look a bit unnatural IMO. TFS

[Dan Brown]

Super! We (I) don't see this species much on the west coast! Love the angle of the bird and the open bill!

[Nico Steenberg]

Nothing to fault. Awesome photo !

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice head turn and eye contact in a very painterly habitat.

[Mike Lentz]

The habitat and bird pose is all good. I'd definitely run tonal contrast on the birds left wing underside to get more detail/contrast in that area.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, I will give them a try.

[Hendri Venter]

Just perfect! Many congrats on a mighty fine image Axel.