Least Terns

[Scottes]

Some more pics from when CDS and I went shooting the other day...

Luckily I get to post these before he posts his. He has a way with Terns and will likely put these to shame.

All but the last are about 50% crops, while the last is more like 25%. These birds are much smaller than I had ever thought. Tracking them in flight is usually fairly difficult since they twist and spin like crazy. Luckily these ones weren't feeding so it made my life a bit easier.

Besides, they were busy dive-bombing CDS's 500mm lens.... :wink:


http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/LeastTern_58691.jpg

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/LeastTern_58692.jpg

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/LeastTern_58716.jpg

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/LeastTern_58745.jpg

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/LeastTern_58683.jpg

[dancinec]

Nice captures. What were the iso and aperture settings?

[ngannet]

Good shots! Haha, I have a couple that look quite a bit like the bottom one. Down in Cape May, there were tons of them on the protected beaches and they were literally coming within a foot or two from my head, protecting their nesting areas. Awesome little terns. I saw them chasing away birds four times their size. Your flight shots are nice, they are tough to get I know that!

[Scottes]

ISO 200 and f/5.6 for all. That's my 400-prime-birds-in-flight-on-a-sunny-day setting. That gave me between 1/1600 and 1/2000 for the flight shots, and somehow I got 1/4000 on the ground shot.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Sweeeet!

As allways you leave me many threads behind..
I don't think I'll be able to look at mine before the weekend.

[LazyPhotographer]

These are great.... perfect sky in them too!

I've been trying to process some of mine too from the Salton See, but it irks me that these birds never show a catchlight.