Forster's Tern

[arash_hazeghi]

I finally got out to photograph terns yesterday. here is one with a small snack. These guys are a challenge to get especially in strong wing. Had to take off the TC to keep up!



1D4 500mm f/5 1/4000sec ISO 500.

High def version here

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight pose captured. Great exposure and beautiful details in grey and whites. Nice lights and BG . Worm is plus point.

[dankearl]

1/4000?
Extremely fast birds, another excellent photo of skill and patience.
You are blessed with great light in the Bay Area.

[arash_hazeghi]

1/4000?
Extremely fast birds, another excellent photo of skill and patience.
You are blessed with great light in the Bay Area.

Yup they fly faster than they look like in the photo, especially if they catch that tail wind!

[Colin Knight]

Beautiful shot! I like how you had enough light to get seperation between the eye and black crown.

[christopher galeski]

excellent image,good light,well sharp,like the BG,well done.

[Ian McLachlan]

Great shot . If I could get the whites like that at least half the time I'd be happy.

[gail bisson]

This is great Arash. These guys are so fast. Your exposure is perfect. The hardest thing when photographing terns is getting a nice bright visible eye and you nailed it,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent flight pose and angle against nice terrestial background, Arash.

[Randy Stout]

Arash:

Excellent full up wing position, with nice angle in frame, sharp and beautifully exposed, worm a plus. Distinct eye, as mentioned is really nice.

Cheers

Randy

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent exposure and sharp. Sweet BG too!

[Doug Brown]

Like everything about this one Arash!

[Frank Schauf]

Nice composition and excellent expsoure control and sharpness.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arash, great angle from the Tern, eye contact, and I do like the wing position too. Overall well exposed, sharp, and his catch a bonus. One of best BG's Ive seen.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great flight angle and as usual a perfect wing position.

[Kiran Poonacha]

great BG to add to the wonderful pose captured Arash.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Fantastic Arash, love the pop and sharp bird. Golden light, catch and BG is over the top. Congrates on a fine image

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone for nice comments