Common Tern

Gallery: AvianPosted May 30, 201098 views11 comments

On friday I visited a dredge spoil island that has been cleared of some of its vegetation (in conjuction with the USFW Service) in an effort to restore Tern Habitat. At least 150 Common Terns were seen on-site as well as a pair of (Federally Endangered) Roseate Terns. Unfortunately for me, we were there when the sun was awfully bright making proper exposure difficult but it didn't prevent me from taking a good 400 shots.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/8
1/2000s
ISO 640

Full Frame, sharpened bird, no noise reduction.

- Luke

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Rita Sarno-Hrabie on May 30, 2010 at 5:51 PM

A nice capture, and a fine job of preserving detail in both blacks and whites.

Registered on August 2, 2008, 34 Posts, 105 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on May 30, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Luke:
Can you return when there is better light? Or was accessibility only because the visit was work-related? It would be great to be able to return when you had more favorable light.

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on May 30, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Very nice Luke considering the midday lighting.

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 30, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Love the front on view real nice

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Douglas Graham on May 30, 2010 at 8:51 PM

Good job on the exp I'm not fan of dead center framing however. With that said this works for me better then most

Registered on May 14, 2009, 123 Posts, 522 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 30, 2010 at 11:53 PM

Looks like you handled the exposure well despite the lighting you spoke about Luke. Nice job and I think the centered comp (left to right) works for this head on flight shot, but not sure I like the room you gave top and bottom. I think I might have done more of a pano personally...but that is just personal preference.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 31, 2010 at 3:37 AM

Good work with the exposure with that bright light, and a fine view of all the ID features of this species.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 31, 2010 at 4:45 AM

Nice one Luke - like the little head turn and resultant eye contact

cheers Rob

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on May 31, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Nice shot of the Tern Luke , I haven't gotten any flight shots of this species yet, only their Black cousins.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 31, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Luke

I like the flight pose and the look you seem to be getting from the tern. Nice work getting a catchlight in the eye too.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 31, 2010 at 9:30 PM

Nice front view on this and good job on the exp. Sharon

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