Least Tern


Posted by Dennis Olivero on Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:35 am

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Hello NatureScapes

In May, I had a chance to travel to Florida and one morning I ran into Artie on the beach at Fort Desota. He told me about a least tern colony on Lido Key in Sarasota, which was right where I happened to be staying for a meeting.

At the time, there were some birds on eggs, and many still engaged in courtship feeding. I have full birds with fish in the frame on many images. Although the tail is missing, I liked this one because of the close up detail in the fish.

Thanks for looking and any comments or suggestions.
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by Jim Zipp on Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:50 am
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Nice shot Dennis, That fish looks like he is saying something that wouldn't look good in print!
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by Heather Forcier on Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:17 am
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Like the detail and that you can see both eyes. Looks like the bird was showing off his trophy for the camera! Great catch!
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by Alan Murphy on Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:24 am
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Great shot Dennis.

The close up of the fish makes this work. The light is wonderful too.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:18 am
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Awesome detail here Dennis - you can even see the scales on the fish. Excellent shot.
 

by Sandy Mossberg on Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:23 am
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Great one, Dennis. Wonderful detail. What puts it over the top is the small catchlight in the fish's eye :wink: .
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by matt kuchta on Thu Aug 21, 2003 11:00 am
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Had you included the entire bird, the detail in the fish would be lost. Great choice to zero in on the action. Sharpness really powers this one.
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by John Fortner on Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:13 pm
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Nice catch for both of you. The fish eye is great.
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by Tobias Bäckström on Thu Aug 21, 2003 12:58 pm
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Nice catch here! I love the fish and the proud look of the tern. A tad lower vantage point would have been nice but still excellent.
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by Wil Hershberger on Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:19 pm
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:shock: !!! Killer image. Love the fish and all of the details.
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by AlexC on Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:22 pm
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Wonderful capture, great fill-in, love the open mouth on the fish!!!
Way to go !!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by Chris Fagyal on Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:45 pm
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Great catch Dennis. I like the capture like others to keep the detail in the fish. It certainly doesn't look to be a very happy minnow thats for sure!
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by Richard on Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:17 pm
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Dennis,

Nice catch! Both of you. Sweet!
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by Paula G on Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:44 pm
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Great Capture. I like it a lot. The fish is marvellous too.
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by Karen S on Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:46 pm
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Awesome Dennis....Looks like the fish is trying to tell you something. Love it :lol: :P
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by Alan Melle on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:29 pm
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HI Dennis,

I like your choice of cropping for this image. It works just fine!
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by Greg Downing on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:31 pm
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Dennis this is awesome. We need to upload some backslapping emoticons.... :shock:
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by NDCheryl on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:34 pm
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Great shot Dennis. I love the deatails in the poor fish.
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by Mike Wilson on Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:56 pm
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This one hurts its so good. Outstanding stuff.
 

by Juli Wilcox on Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:52 am
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I absolutely love seeing a close-up like this that shows the detail of the beak and eye(s) so well.
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