Forsters Tern (part 2)

Nice flight shot. Good detail on the head.

Excellent image!
I DO find them tough to photograph, as they are so quick and change course often.
Great pose, feather detail, and perfect BG.

Sandy r

Lovely shot David - great detail and wing position

cheers
Rob

You've done well here David. I like the background too. I don't find them to be particularly easy to photograph either, though when they're flying into a head wind it certainly helps. The biggest challenge I have with them is getting the eye well defined.

Nice shot, well executed. Wished to see more of the eye.
Jagdeep Rajput

Very nice flight shot David. I am also wondering if you can brig out just a touch more detail on the eye in processing? Small nit, but always nice to see more of the eye. Love the light you have on this shot!

This is really nice. Great wing position, and position of the bird flying toward you. Background is pleasing. If anything, bringing out a bit more detail in the eye would make this pop even more.

Very nice capture, I like the detail and downsweep of the wings. Your right the bird stands out really nice with the BG here. Well done!

Very nice downstroke. Good details and exposure. The BG is pleasing. I might try to lighten the eye just a touch.

I find this species very difficult to get in-flight. The main issue, light in the eye. I would like to see a catchlight to help define the eye better in this image. Other than that, this is excellent. Great pose and a wonderful BG. At ISO 800 did you use NR on the BG? Just curious.

Ron,
Yes, I used selective background noise reduction. I use Photoshop elements 8. I just use their standard noise reducer. One day very soon I think I might graduate to the bigger, better program which I'm told is much more versatile. I'm still in the learning stages of post processing and don't care that much for all the time it takes to process photos. But, it's part of the package I guess. This particular shot was almost full frame which means the bird came very closr to me and blurred the background out very nicely which was at least 60-70 yards away. Rich would like to see more room in front. Me too Rich, but I'm not that keen on taking the time to try and do it. The background is fairly uneven and I'm not sure how that would turn out and I don't have any more cropped canvas to pull from. I'm not that experienced in trying to add canvas but maybe I'll give it a shot with this one. I too wish I had more light on the eye. Next time. I may post one more with better light on the eye and a totally different background. Thanks for everyones comments and suggestions. Dave

Wonderful!

D&L

A classic flight shot with a cool bg showing the environment. Excellent processing with some areas of true white in the feathers.

Super flight image, Dave. Great pose and the exposure is spot on. I, too, like the bg and the way it sets the bird off.

A little more detail in the eye and this is a real winner. Nice! Sharon

excellent flight shot, David. nice and sharp, good bg, good DOF. I agree about trying to brighten the eye, and agree with Rich that a little more room in front would be ideal.

David,

I especially like the background you captured in this image. I like the comp, the pose of the tern and how nicely the bill of the bird stands out from the wing in the background.

I do think more detail would be visible in both versions of this image if they were not compressed so much. As posted the 720 pixel version is only 22.3 kb, which means this was way over compressed and the larger version is only 156 kb. When saving try to keep the smaller version close to 200 kb and the larger one closer to 500 kb and there will be less loss of detail.

There are some whites that are hot when viewed in a temporary threshold level layer, but you should be able to easily bring those down in raw.

Looking forward to the next image.