May Theme: Courting and Mating

[Colin Knight]

A fun image I thought I would contribute to this month's theme:

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Colin, please give the details...camera, lens, f-stop, SS, iso. that helps us in providing comments.

Moment is nice here. If this is full frame, then I'd go with a tighter crop. as-is, the birds in focus are quite small in the frame.

[Colin Knight]

It's quite a crop as is unfortunately. These birds wanted to keep their distance. F/5, 1/2000, ISO 400, handheld, 5D III, 500mm

[Daniel Cadieux]

This does depict a typical flock one encounters in southern beaches, and it is indeed fun. I would prefer more attention on the courting terns though. I've found that a low and slow approach can get you within great photographic range of these species.

[Colin Knight]

Thanks for the tips on approach!

[Frank Schauf]

A great situation, congratulations.