{"id":138494,"date":"2023-06-28T05:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=138494"},"modified":"2023-06-28T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:56:23","slug":"forsters-tern-in-an-asymmetrical-hovering-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/28\/forsters-tern-in-an-asymmetrical-hovering-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Forster’s Tern In An Asymmetrical Hovering Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning at Bear River MBR I found a group of Forster’s Terns that were fishing a small section of one of the canals but they presented a problem for the photographer, I was on the west portion of the auto tour loop traveling south and they were on the passenger’s side of my pickup, so they were in good light but they were on the ‘wrong’ side of the road. It’s a one-way road so I didn’t feel like I should turn my pickup around but I really didn’t want to miss the opportunity.<\/p>\n

So I spent the next ten minutes taking 1017 photos of Forster’s Terns in flight while standing on the road and using the back of my pickup as a lens rest. I was encouraged because it’s been a long time (3+ years) since I’ve been able to stand in one place for that long without aggravating my bad back and this time there were no nasty aftereffects. I’m still making progress, exactly nine months after my last back surgery.<\/p>\n

It was a proverbial shooting gallery and I had an absolute blast.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I got quite a few photos I like and this was one of my favorites, in part because of the bird’s asymmetrical flight posture and the colorfully layered background.<\/p>\n

Usually when terns are fishing they’re flying high enough that I get only sky in the background. But for some reason, all of these terns were flying very low (6-10′) over the water so I nearly always got the vegetation growing on the far side of the canal in the background. I much prefer backgrounds like this over blue or nearly white sky.<\/p>\n

I have more photos from my Montana camping trip that I plan to post but I needed a break from processing JPEGS. This photo was taken from a RAW file and if I ever take another photo as a JPEG, it’ll be way too soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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One of the very few times I wasn’t shooting from inside my pickup while using a pool noodle as a lens rest.<\/p>\n

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