{"id":16351,"date":"2013-06-22T04:33:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T10:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=16351"},"modified":"2013-06-22T04:31:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T10:31:35","slug":"forsters-tern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/22\/forsters-tern\/","title":{"rendered":"Forster’s Tern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I watch terns in flight I’m struck by their grace, beauty and incredible maneuverability as they cruise over the water surface hunting for small fish.\u00a0 Their agility in the air,\u00a0their black and white colors (which make for a difficult exposure) and the black on black eye which means it’s very difficult to get a catch light\u00a0– all\u00a0\u00a0make them a daunting\u00a0flight subject\u00a0for the photographer.\u00a0 But even if you don’t get the shot you’re after\u00a0you’ve still had the\u00a0pleasure of watching these masters of flight perform their aerial\u00a0magic.<\/p>\n

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\"Forster's<\/a><\/p>\n

1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I found several Forster’s Terns fishing\u00a0a pond at Farmington Bay and couldn’t resist attempting\u00a0a few shots.\u00a0 Out of 68 images this is the only one I’ll keep.\u00a0 I liked the raised left wing, the flared and angled tail, the color\u00a0gradient in the watery background and that hard to get catch light.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one day I’ll catch one coming out of the water with a fish.\u00a0 I have one shot like that but naturally I clipped a wing…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever I watch terns in flight I’m struck by their grace, beauty and incredible maneuverability as they cruise over the water surface hunting for small fish.<\/p>\n

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