Royal Tern Bathing

Gallery: AvianPosted April 13, 2014135 views14 comments

Here's one from the Texas coast last week. I was photographing some avocets and this tern came in and bathed close enough to get some nice images. I cropped to a pano because I didn't like the diffused oof reflection. Taken laying on my stomach in the sand.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1.4x 1/2000 F8, iso 800, evaluative metering -0.7

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14 comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 13, 2014 at 1:52 PM

Love the low angle and action capture

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 13, 2014 at 1:58 PM

Very nice image Nate - the larger version is a must-see ! Pano crop works well here ! Nice light.. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 13, 2014 at 2:03 PM

Like the low pov and the catchlight --

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 13, 2014 at 6:24 PM

Beautiful soft light, nice action, perfect water and BG, flying water drops.. not much more to ask!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 13, 2014 at 8:23 PM

Sweet light on this Tern Nate. Great low perspective and the water drops just top off a great image. Superb!

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 13, 2014 at 8:30 PM

The low angle and action are excellent. The lighting is rally nice. The pano crop works well here. I almost missed the nice catch light you caught in the eye amid the flying water drops.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 13, 2014 at 9:47 PM

Nice light and a neat bathing pose. The splashes top this off nicely. Sharon

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 14, 2014 at 9:15 AM

Nice! And the pano comp really suits the Royal!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 14, 2014 at 9:20 AM

The splashing water is great in this one Nate. not sure I have seen an image of a tern bathing before, so this is cool. Love the choice of going with a bit of a pano crop.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 14, 2014 at 4:15 PM

Lovely light, Nate, and a great pose. I love all the splash.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 14, 2014 at 8:52 PM

Light, exposure, detail, POV, and action are all excellent. Nice to see a different image of a tern.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 16, 2014 at 4:57 PM

Wonderful light bathing this sweet tern in action Nate. The water splashes are sweet, Excellent detail.

Sweet One

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 17, 2014 at 11:33 AM

Hi Nate

A great water action shot

the colors, head and wing position are perfect for this excellent pano presentation