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Common Tern, juvenile


Common Tern, juvenile
Photo Information
Copyright: Ivan Kruys (Argus) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2611 W: 133 N: 7494] (23373)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 300 f4L + Canon 1.4 converter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-11-07 4:07
Viewed: 848
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
When there is a NW gale sea-birds take the opportunity to feed along the shoreline of the west coast of Sweden, looking for food brought in by the wind.
A group of Common Terns were doing just this and I took some shots as they battled against the wind to dive down occasionally after something to eat. Among them was this juvenile.
At first juvenile Common Terns have a smattering of brown feathers on their backs, but they soon moult these as they gradually adopt winter plumage. At the same time the base of the bill becomes reddish.

This individual is busy building up its fat reserves before flying south to spend the winter in Africa.

On its return in the Spring it will have taken on a black cap, light grey back and wings with dark grey tips and edges and the bill and legs will be more intensively red, the bill having a black tip.

Common Terns are quite common in most of Europe and can nest either in single pairs or colonies.

This shot was taken atISO 200 and with the camera hand-held.

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1148 W: 254 N: 2555] (11565)
  • [2006-11-07 4:14]
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Hi Ivan,

Great inflight shot,with remarkable sharpness ,details and colors,you captured it very well and I know its not that easy this kind of shots,is it a juvenile as the colors of his head are not total brown/black?

Regards,
Paul

Hi Ivan,
Amazing shot of this flying tern. Very neat image. Well focused. Great high shutter speed shot. Beautiful blue colors. I just feel like composition may be nicer if the bird was positioned a bit lower and presented in landscape (horizontal) format rather that potrait (vertical) format. Well, this is only my subjective opinion. The image is already great as it is.

Ben Lakitan

Congratulations Ivan.
Very nice shot, so sharp, detailed and lovely colors.
I also love the BG in dark blue.
TFS & Good Luck,

Jay.

Good sharpness and depth of field. Well done

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3452 W: 144 N: 5895] (17468)
  • [2006-11-07 4:58]

Hi Ivan, we both post seabirds today. This is an excellent capture and your tern looks great. Well done on the sharpness and clarity, and you even managed to show the catchlight in his eye. Bravo!
Janice

Iyan,

Excellent job on this image.
Exposure is great, pov, dof, all done very nice.

fototab

Hello Ivan, here is a wonderful picture of a common tern in flight! You managed so well the exposition and the bird is perfectly in focus! Not easy to do...!!! The details of the wings are awesome too! You got a great pov in order to get this so nice water bg ! Congratulations and TFS,

Michel

Hi Ivan,
Great inflight. Nice colors and good DOF,POV!
Well done
TFS
Annick

Hello Ivan,
I really like the way you captured this beautiful Tern. I especially like those great details and beautiful colors. This BG is fantastic by making the bird really stands out well. This is a great in-flight shot, congratulations! TFS,
Claudine

Excellent colors, Bg, Pov, dof perfect details, very crisp, nicly composed and captured photo,

TFs Kyle

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2082 W: 216 N: 3759] (12474)
  • [2006-11-07 8:27]

Another really beautiful in-flight, Ivan!
This is very well done! I love the contrast between the light colors of the tern and the dark ones of the water!
The POV is terrific and the sharpness is spot-on.
Great work, nce again :)

Bravo and TFS
horia

bonsoir ivan
j'ai eu l'occasion cet été de prendre des sternes en photo en bretagne,mais c'etait avec mon konica z3 qui n'est pas tres rapide en mise au point et je n'ai pas obtenu de bons resultat comme vous.
l'expo est tres bonne ainsi que la netteté.
felicitations.
laurent

Well you are a master at panning Ivan. That is amazingly sharp for such a long focal length. It's really nice. I can never seem to keep birds in the viewfinder!

TFS

Evelynn : )

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-11-07 20:45]

Hello Ivan

A very simple composition with beautiful results.The blues are amazing and the DOF and POV are excellent. Super sharp details.TFS

Rob

What a superb capture, amazing detail and colours and impeccable timing.
Well done.
Cecilia

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7745)
  • [2006-11-09 19:16]

Hej Ivan
Great inflight shot. Goodcolours, sharpnes, details, light, DOF and POV.
Well done mf.

osse
Ps.
Hoppas du kommer tillbaka med intresanta bilder nu när du skall vara bortta ett par veckor :)

Bonjour Ivan
Très joli cette belle prise avec ce bel oiseau peu ordinaire qui est en plus prise en plein vol.Les détails et les contrastes sont réussis très jolis couleurs
et beau BG
Bravo et merci JP

Hi Ivan,
Great in-flight capture. Extremely sharp considering the long lens you were using.
Tried getting in-flight pictures myself but mostly with poor results.
TFS - Shir

Hello Ivan,
I've been looking at your lovely photos now and your photos all are amazing. You have a fantastic capturing skill!! Nice details, DOF and POV, everything is perfect.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos.
Kevin

Hi, Ivan.
Good inflight shot. You have manged exposure very well. Nice colors. Good sharpness.

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