Attitude

Gallery: AvianPosted June 28, 2011151 views11 comments

Another Least Tern... surprise. This one showing off some attitude.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH lying down
f/7.1
1/1250s
ISO 640

Minor clone of very faint OOF vegetation in URC, sharpened, minor adjustments in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 28, 2011 at 9:53 PM

Great low angle really accentuates the bird. Are you BELOW sea level here? Nice detail in the black and separation of the eye.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 28, 2011 at 9:55 PM

Angela,

Thanks for all the kind words about my recent Tern photos. No, I'm firmly on land - the top of the island is about 4 feet above high tide - so for this photo I was lying at about 3 feet above...

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 28, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Wonderful pose, angle and detail. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hahn on June 29, 2011 at 12:13 AM

Luke,

Great picture, no surprise there and it sure shows attitude. How did you get the foreground blurry like it is and the bird in perfect focus? What this on the island with your kayak?

Registered on August 16, 2007, 14 Posts, 151 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 29, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Wonderful exposure for those whites and I really like the low angle and your choice of composition Luke :^) The in-no-mood-for-taking-prisoners expression is a great bonus ;^)

Much as I like the low angle, I have to say that the blurred foreground is a little too distracting for my taste, it kind of gives it an almost artificial processing feel, even though I'm sure this wasn't a result of overzealous work in post-processing ;^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on June 29, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Luke, I love the background here. Sharpness looks good on all but the tail (which isn't an issue IMO). I like your composition and the whites look to be well exposed. Your low angle works great on the bird, though I'm less fond of the OOF foreground.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on June 29, 2011 at 5:49 PM

The great low angle makes this shot for me. Well done.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 29, 2011 at 10:00 PM

Beautiful light and great techs. The details in the tern are superb. I love the BG and must admit that I too find the FG distracting.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 29, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Beautiful job on the tern, Luke. In this case, I think you might have wanted to get a little higher. The oof beach in the foreground is a bit distracting to my eye.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 1, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Another nice tern image Luke. I like the low angle, but I do find myself wishing for the feet to be visible and less OOF FG...but really it is a small nit, because overall the image is very pleasing. nice light, color and exposure.

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

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM

I agree with all the others, Luke. Super pose, perfect bg. fg isn't ideal but isn't major as the rest is so nice.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments