Shakin' it

Gallery: AvianPosted March 4, 201665 views5 comments

Morning photo of a Royal Tern shaking out whatever needed shaking.

I have several photos of the shaking action. I chose this one for the tail feather that looks like its about to pop out of the bird. I would like to hear what you all think of the frame. I cropped a little OOF sand off of the bottom and bit off of the back to give the photo a more proportional look. Does it need more or less on the bottom? There is a horizon line at the top. Leave it in or take it out? The frame is straight, but the slope of the sand isn't. I think that has to stay or things wouldn't look right. I pulled back the orange in the beak a little. May need to pull that back a little more.

All comments and critiques are appreciated. Thanks for all the constructive input on other images.

7D2, 70-200 @ 155, ISO 100, 1/6400 @ f2.8,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 4, 2016 at 1:38 PM

Great action shot Jerry. Nice detail in the feathers especially considering the bright light on all of the bright whites. Well handled and nicely placed in the frame. I like.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 4, 2016 at 4:27 PM

Nice job on the whites Jerry. I like the low pov you captured and the Tern definitely looks a little roughed up. That lone tail feather really looks out of place, very cool. The orange beak looks fine on my monitor. Concerning the horizon line at the top; you could probably just darken it some so it matches darker tones better. It really doesn't bother me. I might lose some of the oof sand on the bottom and bring the right edge a little. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 4, 2016 at 6:59 PM

Nice, Jerry. If this were mine (and I wish it were), I'd probably crop a bit more from the bottom to deemphasize the oof gravel anb crop from the right proportionally. The band at the top doesn't bother me.

devil

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on March 5, 2016 at 2:31 PM

Nice contrast colour and handling of the whites. A tad close to the left side of the frame IMO, but a crop on the bottom and the right would help that for comp. Nice angle and BG

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on March 5, 2016 at 8:10 PM

Excellent colors and light, Jerry. I like the low angle and the tern is very sharp. I too feel taking a bit off the bottom will help this image become even better.

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