Eager to Learn, Spotlight Image for 8/07/2010 Pat Lillich

[James Shadle]

Grace : Forster's Tern from July Flightschool

Congratulations Pat Lillich!

Forster's Tern (I think!) against the shoreline - with what I believe was orange Witches Hair growing over the green plants. The light was beautiful - and there were so many terns circling around a spillway that it was really hard to pick one and stay focused on it....

cropped in lightroom with Nik Define NR and Sharpening in PS.

any suggestions to improve the image really appreciated...

Nikon D300, 300 f/2.8 with 1.4 tc at 420 mm - 1/2000 sec at f/7.1 manual, handheld

[denise ippolito]

Nice work Congrats Pat!!!:)

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations

[Roman Kurywczak]

Congrats Pat!!!

[Susan Candelario]

Big Congrats, Pat!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Congratulations, Pat!

[Katie Rupp]

Big Congratulations, Pat!!! I liked it the first time I saw it.

[Doug Brown]

Congrats on the ETL Spotlight nod Pat! Love this image!

[Nate Chappell]

Congrats Pat!:cool:

[Chantelle Voss]

What an amazing photo. The detail on the wings are fantastic! Congrats.

[pat lillich]

wow! thanks guys - have been away on a photo trip to Yellowstone - what a cool thing to see on checking back into the forum.

thanks especially to Doug and Jim for an incredible flight workshop and giving us the opportunity to take this pic!

[Lance Peters]

Big Congrats PAT!

[Kerry Perkins]

Super job Pat! Congratulations! I like this image a lot.

[Robert Amoruso]

Good timing Pat. Congrats on your selection.