Least Tern and eggs


Posted by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:59 am

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Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) Upper Texas Coast

This was shot yesterday morning, low-crawling with Alan at one of my favorite spots. I liked his Plover with foot on egg so much... It's a little different than my last image. I like that you can see the eggs in this shot. I will beat everyone to the punch on the whites. I almost blew them because I wasn't paying attention. Focus, focus, focus. Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Canon 10D; 500mm IS with 1.4X TC; Gitzo with legs splayed.
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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:09 am
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Fine shot, Wayne. Looks like the egg is being turned with foot and bill.
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by Alan Murphy on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:12 am
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Wayne, I wasn't sure if you were next to me when this happened. I'm glad you got it with the foot on the egg. Great shot.
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by TSparger on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:25 am
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Great image Wayne. The lighting is perfect as well as all the other aspects of this shot.
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by Karen S on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:30 am
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Wonderful image Wayne.....the eggs really tell a story :D
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:36 am
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Wayne:

Great behavior shot, I would suggest to clone out the green OOF, a little distracting.
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by Kristi Graham on Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:27 pm
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Great Shot Wayne...wanna share where exactly you shot this?? :D
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by joseph motto on Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:36 pm
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Wayne,
I enjoy a lot. Fine photo and the exposure looks right on to me.
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by AlexC on Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:11 pm
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Sandy wrote:
Fine shot, Wayne. Looks like the egg is being turned with foot and bill.
I don't think so, I think it was being checked for funny paintings!!! :wink:
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by Jim Probst on Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:49 pm
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Terrific composition! Very nicely done!
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by KK Hui on Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:18 pm
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A very pleasing image you captured, Wayne! :lol:
The 'foot on egg' really sets this off ...
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by AForns on Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:11 pm
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Wonderful image Wayne... looks like you were paying attention :)

I like everything about it.... just great :)
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by Cindy Marple on Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:25 pm
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Wonderful behavior in nice light.
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by Ed K on Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:31 pm
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Wayne - Very nice image, well done.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:29 am
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Wayne,

This is an outstanding shot. Excellent work capturing this behavior.
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by fredcor on Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:31 am
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Excellent behaviour image.
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