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Royal Tern in Flight
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Royal Tern in Flight

by Randy Bacon

Gallery: AvianPosted September 30, 2012115 views6 comments
Royal Tern flying along the beach at Bolivar Flats just up the coast from Galveston.

1Dx, 600, 1.4, 1/1250 @ f11, ISO 640
Manual exp., spot meter, 75% of full frame.

Comments and critiques welcomed

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 30, 2012 at 9:41 PM
Nice! Beautiful bird, great wing position, bright eye and sweet water.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 30, 2012 at 11:34 PM
I like this, Randy. Beautiful blue water like we always get in Galveston. Nice head tern and eye contact.
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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Nice flight shot Randy,
Great detail and the lighting is sweet, Outstanding . . . :toast:
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 1, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Really nice lighting, great job on the exposure, nice and sharp.
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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Love the light on the bird against that nice water background and I enjoy the sweep of that right wing. Sharp flight shot. There are two apparent dust spots above the bird (where the darks of the water meet the light horizontal band) that are apparent in the larger version that I would deal with.
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 2, 2012 at 7:03 PM
Excellent, Randy. No nits from me.
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