Honey I'm Home, Hungry?

Gallery: AvianPosted November 15, 2010100 views13 comments

Spent an afternoon on the beach at Fort Desoto Park south of Tampa watching these Sandwich Terns going through all sorts of rituals - they were hilarious. This guy walked around for 15 minutes offering this little fish to all the 'babes' on the beach, but he never gave it to any of them.

Canon 7D, 600mm
1/500 @ 8.0
ISO 200
85% crop

C & C welcomed and encouraged - thanks for looking.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 15, 2010 at 11:17 PM

Congrats on getting catchlight on those black eyes and the black head. A very nice image...

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 16, 2010 at 2:24 AM

Lovely - very tough eyes to catch!
A little more room on the bottom would be nice, if possible.
Nice feather detail and BG.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on November 16, 2010 at 3:31 AM

I like the overall comp here Randy. Great interaction between the two birds and I love the fish. Nice water BG and overall exposure.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 16, 2010 at 5:01 AM

Nice one Randy - like the interaction and low perspective here

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by richard remington on November 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM

Randy,

This is a terrific picture. The detail on the minnow really highlights the yellow tipped beak of the tern.

Thanks for sharing!

Registered on March 12, 2010, 105 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Lance Warley on November 16, 2010 at 9:19 AM

Great interaction, and the bg complements beautifully.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 16, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Wonderful shot and composition, interesting that he never gave up the fish, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on November 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM

Comp and exposure looks good and love the tufty heads and the story is so funny tormenting all the little ones with the fish, lovely shot

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Mason on November 16, 2010 at 12:19 PM

A lovely piece of behaviour, very well captured. I agree the eyes are great!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on November 16, 2010 at 2:56 PM

Most interesting behaviour well captured. Techs are spot-on.

Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 16, 2010 at 11:50 PM

Excellent interaction and techs Randy

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 18, 2010 at 8:11 AM

Randy,

I like your low angle, the interaction between the terns, prey in the bill and the water in the background. I think you might be able to tease just a little more detail out of the black crests.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 21, 2010 at 9:20 AM

Great interaction, nice low angle. Very nice.
May

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