Forster's Tern with repost

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 201175 views7 comments

Surfside TX. Upper Texas Coast. April, 2011

D3 ISO 400. 300mm with 2x tc. f5.6 1/3200s -0.3ev. About 40% FF.

This tern was vigorously defending his post.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2011 at 11:11 PM

Great pose, Angela. Excellent exposure and detail. You might want to play with your crop-a bit more room on the right and maybe less on the bottom would accent the direction of his protest.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on April 6, 2011 at 4:32 AM

Excellent pic!! Great exposure and the pose is fabulous. I agree about removing some off the bottom and a tad from the top. Other than that well done.

Registered on January 25, 2011, 44 Posts, 294 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 6, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Techs look great Angela, what a cool open beak pose...
Nicely done!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on April 6, 2011 at 8:45 AM

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Comment posted by Doug Gilham on April 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM

A nice capture Angela, I like the open beak and catchlight. Your exp looks good, I do see a bit of a halo around the head, probably from sharpening. I think I prefer the repost

Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 7, 2011 at 6:06 AM

Amazing Angela - the larger image almost looks an icredibly detailed painting

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 7, 2011 at 9:07 PM

I really like the pose you have captured, Angela. I think I prefer the comp of the repost. I do see a dark halo above the wings and a light halo above the head, however, these are easy enough to fix. Nice image.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments