Common...fishing

Gallery: AvianPosted August 25, 201481 views6 comments

Another Common Tern from Eastern Egg Rock in the Gulf of Maine. Although the image is slightly backlit I thought the action displayed was pretty cool.

D3s
500mm f/4
1/3200s @ f/8
ISO 1600
Manual Metered
Handheld from a boat

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 25, 2014 at 12:56 PM

This is great, Chuck. The bird is crystal clear and there some fine wave action around it. I think the back lighting works well.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on August 25, 2014 at 1:01 PM

Looks perfect to me. The color palette is quite nice as is the texture of the water surface. 1/3200 s froze it good!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 25, 2014 at 1:37 PM

Very cool action, indeed, Chuck. You certainly nailed the timing, and the slight backlight doesn't detract from the image at all.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 26, 2014 at 3:46 PM

Pretty cool indeed, the tern just skimming the surface and the water are both excellent.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 26, 2014 at 7:35 PM

Nice timing on this Tern image Charles.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on October 11, 2014 at 11:43 PM

Excellent shot. The bird, reflection, waves all look just right.

lucy

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