Evening Terns at Bolsa Chica

JohnDC

I like what the evening light does to terns.

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dbaker1221

wow uh...did I mention wow

Harryb

Outsanding captures, great clarity in the shots.

Maestro

Awsome series. Great light, detail and all shots are sharp!

Shasoc

Very nice set of clear shots. Good control of the exposure.

Osprey Whisperer

Nice series of flight shots John.

raptorcaptor

Excellent shots John! I take it you were using your BushHawk?

WildWally

Awesome , super clear shots .
The third 1 is really great , love that shot

emmalou

I am now deleting all bird pics from my files.too embarassing to think about posting

WOW!!!!!! Amazing, spectacular..almost like they are coming through the screen.

Dick on Aruba

JohnDC wrote:

I like what the evening light does to terns...

...and I like what you did with your camera. These images are fantastic.

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

Khaos

All are great but I love #4.thumb

Dante

Greats shots John!

-D

LCD

Awesome series. Hard to pick only one fave from that bunch!

Lisa

kdog

John, great work here! Fantastic clarity and framing on these shots.

-joel

Tee Why

some good shots.

JohnDC

dbaker1221 wrote:

wow uh...did I mention wow

Thanks, db, glad you liked them.

JohnDC

Harryb wrote:

Outsanding captures, great clarity in the shots.

Thanks very much, Harry.

JohnDC

Maestro wrote:

Awsome series. Great light, detail and all shots are sharp!

Thanks, Maestro. That's why I like the light in the evening--it reduces the glitz off the shiny feathers and brings out the detail.

JohnDC

Shasoc wrote:

Very nice set of clear shots. Good control of the exposure.

Thank you, Socrate. Sounds like you're in my old stomping grounds. I spent some time in Sopchoppy, unfortunately before I got into photography. I just visited friends there and really wished I had brought my camera equipment. What a great area.

JohnDC

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice series of flight shots John.

Thanks, Mike... now if I were only in your area... I visited St. Pete a few months ago, and I couldn't believe how many great birds were hanging out everywhere--a photographer's heaven.

JohnDC

raptorcaptor wrote:

Excellent shots John! I take it you were using your BushHawk?

Thanks, Glenn. Yes, these are part of a series of practice shots with the Bushhawk, and it made a big difference. Also, I finally let go of my Velvia mentality and boosted the ISO to get faster shutter speeds and greater DOF (thanks to Chris Mayne). Also, thanks to Chris's advice, I'm only doing manual exposures now--much more predictable.

JohnDC

WildWally wrote:

Awesome , super clear shots .
The third 1 is really great , love that shot

Thank you, Walt. Glad you liked it.

JohnDC

emmalou wrote:

I am now deleting all bird pics from my files.too embarassing to think about posting

WOW!!!!!! Amazing, spectacular..almost like they are coming through the screen.

Thank you very much, Emma Lou. But wait, don't throw away those bird pics. Look at them carefully and decide what you want to improve. Get advice about what you want to fix and then practice. I've been doing those things this year, and my more recent photos are a big improvement over the older ones.

JohnDC

Dick on Aruba wrote:

...and I like what you did with your camera. These images are fantastic.

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

Thanks very much, Dick.

JohnDC

Tee Why wrote:

some good shots.

Thanks, T.Y. It looks like you have an interesting group in L.A.

JohnDC

kdog wrote:

John, great work here! Fantastic clarity and framing on these shots.
-joel

Thanks very much, Joel. I'm waiting for the temps to drop below the 100's to get back to the Salton Sea. Looks like it will be a while...

JohnDC

LCD wrote:

Awesome series. Hard to pick only one fave from that bunch!

Lisa

Thanks very much, Lisa. Glad you liked 'em.

JohnDC

Dante wrote:

Greats shots John! -D

Thanks, Dante, and shot not too far from your place.

JohnDC

Khaos wrote:

All are great but I love #4.thumb

Thanks, Keith!