One Good Tern

[colin C]

Apart from the action, I quite liked the high key effect of this one.



1D MKIV + 500mm f4 L IS

1/1,600sec f4.5 ISO400

Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture: Standard

Colin

[rajjayaraj]

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Very Nice Colin. although you don't post picture often, but when you do its always a cracker and quality

Raj

[SamFisher]

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Simply beautful !!
Just a shame there wasn't more seperation between the bottom two birds but thats a (very) minor niggle

Mike

[Stan]

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Excellent Colin.

I was hard pressed to spot one on Monday let alone three together and in the same plane of focus

Stan

[mwphoto]

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Nice one Colin

[Les McLean]

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Like an aerial ballet, gorgeous

[colin C]

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Simply beautful !!
Just a shame there wasn't more seperation between the bottom two birds but thats a (very) minor niggle

Mike

He, he. A minor niggle easily solved, as I have other shots with separation, but viewed together, this version has the edge.

Colin

[Nathaniel]

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Superb shot as a usual Colin. Makes me look a real "charlie" with my bird pics. Thanks for sharing.

[minime]

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for some reason I cannot see the image?

[Deva32]

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Amazing! I am almost lost for words.

Ian

[S_J_P]

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Absolutely fabulous!

[colin C]

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Superb shot as a usual Colin. Makes me look a real "charlie" with my bird pics. Thanks for sharing.

Be patient Nathaniel. You have acheived a great deal in a short time and I suspect that your new lens, coupled with some reasonable weather will bring even better results.

If you've been shooting wildlife as long as I have, you tend to get the odd lucky shot and the more you are out there trying, the better the odds. In fairness, this sequence kicked off for about 3 seconds and I just reacted with whatever lens was on the camera and whatever settings I was currently using. Of all the Sandwich Terns on the island, I only noticed one pair of Common Terns, so it was a bit of a surprise when three of them took off fighting. Even then, the thumbnails weren't that special and I recall I was disappointed that the sky had burnt out. It was only during the RAW conversion, seeing it larger on the screen that the possibilities were starting to emerge.

I had many good shots of Sandwich Terns returning with Sand Eels in their beak and equally good shots of red squirrels, that this was very nearly overlooked and could have been subject to the delete button.

Colin

[mwphoto]

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Nat - with wildlife be prepared to exercise the delete button - by its very nature photographing wildlife means you will end up taking a load of rubbish as we all do, but in amongst that you'll find some crackers. Just be thankful you don't have to pay for film nowadays!

[colin C]

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If I remember correctly, it's not just the expense of the film, it's the 2 week wait to be disappointed.

[Nathaniel]

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Sorry to steal your thread colin, but thought I'd say I am encouraged both by yours and Mike's comments. I have taken loads of blank skies and tail tips of birds in my foray into bird photography. Will be patient and keep on trying.