Tern,Tern, Tern

[Barbara Ponder]

Finding the darn terns to be a tricky one to capture! They are some fast suckers! CC always welcome and appreciated.

[wilgk]

I can only imagine!
Well done, as fast flight birds are not easy.
I like the aspect & angles, maybe a selective darkening of the background sky & sharpening of the bird, would make each 'pop' a little.

[Barbara Ponder]

I can only imagine!
Well done, as fast flight birds are not easy.
I like the aspect & angles, maybe a selective darkening of the background sky & sharpening of the bird, would make each 'pop' a little.

Thanks Kay! I am always afraid to over sharpen and I definitely need to work on that.

[DEAN01]

Wow! Great shots.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks Dean!

[Geoff F]

Excellent real action shots.

[chauncey]

Stellar images...well done!

[DonnaK]

I think they are great, Barbara. Quick birds are not easy to shoot and you did so well. My mind would be a lot faster than my reaction with my camera on these. Bravo

[Barbara Ponder]

Excellent real action shots.

Thanks Geoff!

[Barbara Ponder]

Stellar images...well done!

Thank you! I am never sure, is it William that you go by?

[Barbara Ponder]

I think they are great, Barbara. Quick birds are not easy to shoot and you did so well. My mind would be a lot faster than my reaction with my camera on these. Bravo

Donna, Thank you! I am right there with you but every once in awhile my reaction time caught up with my trigger finger

[Brownbear]

Hi Barbara,

Wonderful captures! Indeed they are fast flying birds that are challenging to photograph. The first is my favourite for the position and beautiful detail seen in the wings.

Aside... I think I see some chromatic aberration (purple and green fringing around the edges, with me seeing some purple fringing around the terns head and upper wing). If you're using Lightroom you can fix this in the lens correction section.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thank you Christina! I will look into the Chromatic aberration. Was it in all or a specific one?

[Brownbear]

You're most welcome. Alas I see it in my own images frequently hence I'm familiar with it.

Seen in all three but very little in the 1st just around the top of the black part of the head. After you click the fix CA button, zoom in on the area at 100% and you might find that you also need to use the tool to select the colour of the fringed area.

Thank you Christina! I will look into the Chromatic aberration. Was it in all or a specific one?

[marlunn]

Very nice Barbara, not easy given their speed and agility in the air, very well done

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks Mark!

[John 2]

Nice captures Barbara. The first one in particular demonstrates just how good these areal acrobats are.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thank you John, They do have some unique moves for sure!

[FootLoose]

Thanks Kay! I am always afraid to over sharpen and I definitely need to work on that.

These guys certainly aren't easy to capture as they move soooo fast, so well done, Barbara. But there is a lot more detail you can bring out with a bit of sharpening. I think you are using PS so try an Unsharp Mask with Amount set to about 220-250, Radius 1/1.1, and Threshold 5-10.

I see you are using the 7dMK II and you have ISO set to 400 and S/S 1/2500. I think that camera is capable of much faster shutter speeds and it is supposed to handle higher ISO with good noise performance, so I am wondering if you tried out the faster settings with these birds?

[Barbara Ponder]

Greg, Thank you! I am still very new to the PP thing. I use OnOne software as a stand alone. I will take these back and see what I can do to sharpen them a bit.

I have only tried photographing the Terns 3 or 4 times so have not really experimented with speeds. They move soooo much faster than my beloved pelicans and most other water fowl. I will definitely need to try and do that. Yesterday was a hard day on the ISO as the sun was hiding behind a cloud every other shot. I really need to do more experimenting of what my camera is capable in regards to both speed and ISO.