Elegant Terns "Courtship Flight"

[James Salywoda]

Elegant Tern
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve H. Bch Calif.

Taken last summer as the numbers are increasing here locally on a daily basis
I thought I would share one of my favorites now I need this shot with a male dangling a fish
for the female. One thing great about bird photography you can always challenge yourself for something better then something you already have.:)

Nikon D200 AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[David Steele]

James this is truly poetry in motion. No nits whatsoever (a fish could even have spoiled the beautiful balance!). The colours, brightness, contrast and saturation are all perfect, the composition sublime. . . .

[Haim Ziv]

This is a beautiful elegant and amazing shot.

[Gus Cobos]

Nice capture James,
Love the flight formation...:D

[Jim Poor]

Beautiful! This is one image where the overlapping of birds is a real plus.

[Grace Scalzo]

Fantastic. Powerful and intimate at the same time.

[carole wiley]

Syncronized flight... ought to be an olympic event....this pair gets a perfect 10.

[Alfred Forns]

Beautiful image James !!!! Perfect positioning Will be hard to beat !!!

Excellent top wing detail !!! Only way I see to improve is having the close bird with the head twisted parallel !!! Big Time Congrats on this one !!!!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Very elegant Elegants, James. Sweet!

[Glenn Bartley]

So cool. Love the overlapping symmetry.

[Juan Russo]

Nice capture.Really dificil to obtain two together individuals in flight where the depth of field allows his vision. Pardon by my ingles, I use a translator

[Juan Aragonés]

Supercool image. Love the interaction between the birds. Great job James

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

James, this is cool. Very nice capture.

Szimi

[Jeff Wear]

very good one James --looks like we wll be out terning soon

[Tim Cee]

I can only echo what has been said thus far. Nice work Jim.