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Arctic Tern in flight

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9 replies
Posted by Austin Thomas on August 14, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Hi all,

Here is one from last months Farnes trip. Those that have been will be all too familiar with how close these birds come to protect "their" path, and of course young........ After I had recovered from the wide angle torture I decided to try some from a safer distance.

Canon 1DMk, 300mm, f6.3, 1/1600, +1, ISO400.

C&C welcome

Cheers

Austin

Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM


Nice one Austin, just needs a little more room at the bottom IMO, but thats just personal taste.

Andy...
Posted by Chris Lloyd on August 14, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Not been there myself but can imagine it lol.

Cracking shot!

C. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on August 14, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Scond Andy's comment. Good though.
JohnR
Posted by David Taylor on August 14, 2009 at 5:49 PM
BIF, fantastic .:smile: :wink: Excellent timing producing a top notch image. Well done.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Ian Mason on August 14, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Lovely! Simple clean shot with solid colours. Certainly brings back memories for me. I think you might just get away with a little boost in saturation, especially the reds - I recall they really are very intense. Agree re space at bottom.
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 15, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Really very nice, agree needs more room and you got the all important catch-light.. nice work.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Peter Woods on August 15, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Lovely image, agree it needs more room beneath the bird, but a cracking shot all the same :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on August 15, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Having spent 3 days there last month Austin I'm still finding where they $£%" on me as I walked on these boardwalk's,I was blown away though with their beauty and you have captured that very well with this image,the BG is lovely and POV is great,I can just here that 'click..click..click' that you hear as they take off and bomb you :eek: :eek: Lovely image and thank you for taking me back to that time with this image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Kim Connolly on August 17, 2009 at 5:17 AM
Lovely shot - good colour and detail, like the head - really well defined.