Common Tern

Posted by Bart Breet on Wed May 19, 2004 4:55 pm

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Photographed last weekend on Texel, Holland.
Unfortunately, the wind was blowing in the wrong direction (towards us), so we couldn't get shots of terns
hoovering in the air facing us before landing, this is the best I could get...

Canon 1D Mk.II, 500/4L IS, G1325+1380, 1/1250 @ f/8, ISO 200, full frame

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by Alan Murphy on Wed May 19, 2004 5:03 pm

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Bart, this angle shows of the wonderful tail. Nice job.

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by Heather Forcier on Wed May 19, 2004 5:22 pm

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Hey, you got your Mark II! How do you like it? Tested it out right away on flight, I see. Don't you love that AF?

This is a different sort of shot, but it works for me because of the interesting curves, the open bill, and the visible eye. I think it might look nice a bit higher in the frame.

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by whf4 on Wed May 19, 2004 6:20 pm

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I agree about a little higher in the frame, btu a beautiful sharp tern. Not at all common.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed May 19, 2004 6:37 pm

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Bart,

Very nice shot. The wing position and the view of the fanned tail more than make up for him facing away from you. Excellent work.

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by AForns on Wed May 19, 2004 6:47 pm

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Bart that is one the nicest butt shots that I have seen !!!!!!

Can only imagine if the wind was from the other direction... as is I like the image very much because of the turned head and open mouth. The fanned tail is just perfect.

Congratulations!!!!

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by AlexC on Wed May 19, 2004 7:40 pm

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Wonderful symmetry and a wonderful splayed tail, the visible head is but the icing on the cake!! Congrats!!

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by Yanni on Wed May 19, 2004 8:26 pm

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Beatiful image Bart, sharp, with detail, the head turn, open bill, the fan tail.

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by Peter Wallack on Wed May 19, 2004 10:27 pm

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A rare form for the birds wings and a very expressive bill make this an extremely interesting study.

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by Mike Wilson on Thu May 20, 2004 3:18 am

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Well done even though the bird is looking away from you in this shot. The wing position really helps this fact.

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by LHays on Thu May 20, 2004 4:45 am

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Flight shots are not easy. I like it.....you've got a visible head so it doesn't make any difference to me which end is with it.

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu May 20, 2004 7:09 am

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Even though the bird is flying away, this is a cool shot due to the open bill, wing position, and spread tail.

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by Michael Wolf on Thu May 20, 2004 10:57 am

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Bart,

This shot works for me as well.
I do like it.

Thanks for sharing.
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by joseph motto on Thu May 20, 2004 4:29 pm

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Bart,
Having spent a lot of time trying to photo these birds at Port Aransas recently (and failed) I can appreciate this image; they are most difficult to achieve. Congrats.

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by Haim Ziv on Fri May 21, 2004 10:25 am

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Beatiful image, sharp, with great detail.

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