Plunge!

[Indranil Sircar]

Diving Forster's tern... for processing, used pb oil on one layer and fract glow 100 on another and then changed the opacity to get the effect. Adjusted for selective colors, saturation and applied some selective cloning to reduce the effect of fract. Hope you like it...

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Indranil,
I've debated the central placement and feel it works because of the symmetry. Colors are fantastic and the filters really made them shine! I think you nailed the pose too! I hope you got a version w/o the filters as that is one tough shot to capture! Very nicely done overall!

[Indranil Sircar]

Hi Roman, thanks a lot. Yes, I do have the one without filters. Here it is...

1/2000 sec at f/8, ISO 800

[Roman Kurywczak]

Sweet! I don't think people realize how difficult it is to get it at that exact moment!!! I do like the filtered version better......probably because of the angle of the tern. If you get one 3/4 to the left or right......might be the "Holy Grail" of tern images!.....or coming out!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Indranil, agree that this is a unique image with a high difficulty factor. I like how Frac Glow affected the image and it's compositional symetry. Very Nice!!

[Susan Candelario]

Great capture to begin with! These turns can make one go nuts at times trying to tract them. I really like your pp & use of filters as well.

[Indranil Sircar]

Dave, Susan, thanks. I appreciate it.

[Paul Lagasi]

Indranil, I like the original and the frac image, very tough to get one of these guys in full dive. Very tough. Nice capture and composition...TFS

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful Indranil, great timing and I love the entry pose! The fract treatment is perfect!

[Bob Miller]

Nice capture! I prefer the filtered version but both are cool!

[Indranil Sircar]

Paul, Denise, Bob, thank you very much. I appreciate it.

[Brendan Dozier]

This looks great, Indranil. Wonderful unique pose and I really like your treatment and composition on this. I've been trying to shoot some Forster's, and they aren't easy! Very nicely done!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Great timing Indranil! Agree with the previous comments. Very nice work!

[Hilary Hann]

Absolutely love the symmetry in this image and the filters are a perfect match. For added symmetry I might clone out the red foot but wouldn't in the non filtered version.

[Indranil Sircar]

Brendan, Andrew, Hilary, thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

Absolutely love the symmetry in this image and the filters are a perfect match. For added symmetry I might clone out the red foot but wouldn't in the non filtered version.

Thanks Hilary, good point on the red foot. I did not think about it.

[John Ippolito]

Excellent image, Indranil, for all of the reasons already mentioned above. Awesome!