Fishing Tern

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• Necipp (100)
• [2007-08-26 0:57]

Hello Ivan a fine capture here with good level of detail a bird I've not had much success with usually I've not been able to get them this sharp very well done with a good pose tfs rgds Necip.

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• Bufo (4241)
• [2007-08-26 1:19]

Hello Ivan, a fine capture of this flying tern. It is already in moult towards winter plumage.
In dutch it's name is Visdief, which means "Thief of fish". Aparantly a kind of nickname given by fishermen is earlier days. By the the way: the name Sterna hirundo was given by Linnaeus in 1758 already refering to another nickname: sea swallow tern. But is was Gesner in 1555 who named this tern the: Larus Piscator Fischerlein. The relation to fish was probably made because this species was the most common tern fishing in 'our' waters.
Anyway, I can never see too many pictures of terns
Regards, JAcob

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• pankajbajpai (14272)
• [2007-08-26 1:41]

hello ivan,
nice shot of the flying bird, well composed shot with fine pov, the bird is looking for the fishes and its in perfect pose for serach,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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• ralfsworld (6056)
• [2007-08-26 2:41]

Nice action shot, Ivan!
You captured a moment before decent with nice details and colours.
TFS /Hälsningar
Ralf

... Vi har sommarvädret än så länge :)

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• thiv56 (488)
• [2007-08-26 2:52]

Hello Ivan!

Excellent composition, POV, DOF and colour! TFS.

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• Silke (5398)
• [2007-08-26 4:08]

Exquisite composition and wonderful colours and details! I love the midair pose here too
TFs
silke

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• Zeno (7973)
• [2007-08-26 4:55]

Hi Ivan,
Nice soft focus picture of a beautiful bird. The crop you made shows how elegant this bird is. TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

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• haraprasan (13068)
• [2007-08-26 6:15]

Hi Ivan,
A very nice looking bird and you have captured it very well when flying. Nice exposure with excellent details and POV. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• Juyona (13279)
• [2007-08-26 6:31]

Hola Ivan,
perfecta captura,
nítida y sensacional pov,
excelente acción,
saludos

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• angybone (7204)
• [2007-08-26 7:02]

Such beautiful lighting! Gorgeous! Wonderful composition - great wing spread. Lovely!

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• mayuresh (916)
• [2007-08-26 7:14]

Hello Ivan,
very nice shot of flying tern,great composition and fine pov,very nice pose captured.
well done.
TFS.

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• JORAPAVI (10077)
• [2007-08-26 9:04]

Hola Ivan
Bonita composición con buena definición donde se aprecian muy bien los detalles, TFS. Saludos
José Ramón

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• nglen (21102)
• [2007-08-26 9:23]

Hi Ivan. A very good inflight shot of the Tern. you have captured good detail in the wings. a very nice pose with its head looking down at rhe water for fish. well done TFS. good notes too.

Nick..

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• ridvan (5140)
• [2007-08-26 10:43]

selam, excellent shot and very good composition.nice pov and bg with splendid colours.good details presented
Well done !
Regards ridvan

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• jignasi (8760)
• [2007-08-26 10:55]

Buena captura trabajando a f 420. Buena pose del ave, supongo que hacía una pequeña parada. Buena composición.
Saludos Ivan.

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• MMM (6928)
• [2007-08-26 13:09]

Hi Ivan
Excellent in flight capture.POV and sharpness are excellent.Nice details and very nice BG.
TFS Michel

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• PaulH (10824)
• [2007-08-27 1:56]

Hi Iavn
superb composition and and control on the exposure, the pale blue background is great and thye image is perfectly focussed.
very well done
Paul

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• snowfalken (1780)
• [2007-08-27 2:17]
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Hello Ivan,

You show us a beautiful, simple and efficient composition. I like the lack of distracting objects and the way you used the rule of thirds to place the subject into one of the hotspots. The in-flight pose of the Tern is very well captured and the large empty space you placed in front of it is very welcome. The blue sky is the best background for bird photos especially when in flight as it isolates the subject perfectly. Exposure was perfectly handled. I think you pushed the histogram as far towards the right as possible and this allowed you not to blow the highlights in the upper sunlit areas while still preserving details in the shadows. I would have liked to see a little more light in the eye but this is just a minor point. It's just my preference and doesn't distract from the beauty of your picture. The red beak of the bird is the cherry on the cake, from a chromatic POV. I don't know whether you used a continuous focusing function in the camera but the focus is sharp and on the subject. The extremely fast shutter speed froze the tern in mid air and the relatively small aperture took care that no sharpness fall-off occurs on the subject. A very good capture that you framed using a simple and elegant frame. Great notes too! Thank you!

With Friendly Regards,
Eddie

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• Alex99 (14701)
• [2007-08-27 4:14]

Hi Ivan.
What a great reproduction of the beautiful gull in-flight. I like the blue-grey colour palette of the shot so much, excellent reflection of the typical pose of the bird, superb art reproduction of its plumage and other details and nice composition of the picture. Exposure parameters are selected precisely. Excellent job and my heart wishes.
Alexei.

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• go2stones (1279)
• [2007-08-27 6:14]

Nice sharp image of the tern against a great sky. The lens really worked well in giving good detail. Well done.

TFS!
Reid

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• John_F_Kennedy (2713)
• [2007-08-27 7:58]

A very nice shot of this beautiful animal. The angle is fine it shows him in all his glory.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• gannu (10812)
• [2007-08-27 8:13]

Ivan, Beautiful view and excellent focus. the colors and the lighting is brilliant. very nice image. Ganesh

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• Silvio2006 (24022)
• [2007-08-27 11:16]

Hi Ivan, great fly and wonderful details, magnific action shoot with excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• martic (1245)
• [2007-08-29 5:59]

Hello Ivan,
Very nice shot with much details, I would like to make a success of such a photo.
friendly
Jean-Michel

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• marieproue (3660)
• [2007-08-30 13:08]

Superbe, les détails sont tellement précis et la compostion est extra.

Bravo
Marie

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2007-08-31 1:57]

bonjour ivan
c'est une bonne photo de cet oiseau qui vole generalement assez vite et qui ne laisse pas beaucoup de temps pour faire la mise au point.
bonne exposition et netteté.
laurent