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This was shot at the Least Tern reserve on Huntington Beach. This bird was just about 6 feet inside of the 3 foot fence that protects the area of the beach where they nest. Unfortunately, a friend told me that this particular egg was washed away at high tide.
I would never have believed that the tide would reach this spot as it was 100 feet from the water's edge when I shot this.
A lot of beach debris cloned out.
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by AForns on Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:28 pm
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Great exposure on the bird Richard.... very nice to see bird, egg and nest so well presented!!!!

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by Mike Wilson on Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:29 pm
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This is killer Richard. Too bad about the egg. This would have been a great spot to get shots of the youngster.
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by DennisD on Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:37 pm
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Great shot and exposure. Difficult to pull that bird out of the background and you did!

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by Bob Boner on Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:03 pm
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Nice image! Great habitat shot. It is nice to be able to see the egg and the depression of the nest. Sorry to hear about the loss. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi, gorgeous bird; would loev to see repost with the debris, as I think the cloning is unfortunately intrusive. Great pic!
 

by Carol Clarke on Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:39 pm
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Very nicely exposed, taken and presented Richard. Love the diagonals made by the head and tail. 8) 8) :)
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:01 pm
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whf4 wrote:Hi, gorgeous bird; would loev to see repost with the debris, as I think the cloning is unfortunately intrusive. Great pic!
I don't think you meant the cloning is intrusive. If you saw the debris, you'd know what intrusive is :lol:
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Great exposure and very nice image Richard. Lovely detail. 8) :)
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by AlexC on Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:00 pm
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Wonderful bird, lovely nest and a wonderful egg, Don't let Sandy know were this bird nests, He will put the face of Pancho Villa on the egg !!!
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Nice Richard....love this with the egg!!
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Richard - Great execution on this image. Congrats.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:03 pm
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Well done, Richard. I love the angle of the bird in the frame and the fact that the egg is so visible. Is this is an experienced pair of Terns, they will probably re-nest. The same thing happened at a small nesting colony near Galveston, TX. They've already started moving back in with eggs on the ground. :D
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Nice, very nice..love the egg and the bird looking at it. Excellent capture!
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Fantastic photo Richard. Excellent presentation of the bird and egg together. Sad to hear it was swept away.

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by Jim Probst on Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:13 pm
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Richard,

Really excellent shot! You captured the perfect moment. Great work!
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Very nice shot from the Least Turn Colony... Steve Smith emailed a similar shot with the debris in place... You're right about the cloning. I especially like the detail in the whites and the egg. BTW, why don't you ever seem to give shooting details... was this the 600 ? I for one would be interested to know your exposure settings, etc. for your excellent images.

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Nice capture Richard.
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by Steve Roman on Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:24 pm
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Very nice image Richard. Hope you can get back to the colony when the chicks are hatched.
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