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Another Flight
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Another Flight

by Luke Ormand

Gallery: AvianPosted July 6, 201181 views9 comments
Another flying Least Tern

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH
f/10
1/1250s
ISO 800
-.33 EC

Cropped to 80%, ACR adjustments, sharpened using smart sharpen in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 6, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Beautiful stop action. Like it's frozen in mid air. Details in the feathers are excellent and the exposure is perfect. A masterful image
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 7, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Another very cool shot, Luke, but I like the brighter shot you posted earlier a bit more.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 7, 2011 at 7:55 AM
Another fine tern flight shot Luke. Excellent detail. On the tight side but not too tight for me.
Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 7, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Nice clean image, Luke. Excellent job on the exposure. I'm beginning to see noise in the bird at this iso, but not bad.
:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on July 7, 2011 at 5:03 PM
The light is really pleasing and the details are excellent, great work.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by David Sparks on July 7, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Extremely sharp and very nice exposure of the whites. Was f/10 necessary for the Least Tern? I'm trying to get the ISO down a little.
Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 7, 2011 at 10:18 PM
Great detail work you have here. Lighting under the wing was just perfect and I like your handling of the blacks around the eye. Maybe a little noise, but not a distraction.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 7, 2011 at 10:52 PM
great pose and nice light in the eye, Luke. I agree that a lower ISO/wider aperture would have been better for the noise, but still a very good flight shot.
Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 8, 2011 at 8:57 AM
Very nice work Luke, no nits at all.
I especially like the fantastic light here :toast: :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments