Just a few images from the past few days or so.

#1 Common Tern (first year) a 1st for me

#2 Elegant Terns in courting flight

#3 Black Skimmer (full frame)

Beautiful Tim. Looks like the lady isn't interested in the offering.

Awesome shots Tim
Harsha

Hey, nice skimming shot. The water came out nice, especially with the wake.

Lovely set Tim,

beautifully presented.

Lil

Steve Shinn wrote:
Beautiful Tim. Looks like the lady isn't interested in the offering.

Steve,
You're right about that the poor guy shadowed her for
awhile trying to present her with a treat

harshaj1 wrote:
Awesome shots Tim
Harsha


Thanks Harsha

DiPace wrote:
Hey, nice skimming shot. The water came out nice, especially with the wake.

Thanks,
Here is one from the same afternoon with a better wake, I hope you like it

Lil Judd wrote:
Lovely set Tim,

beautifully presented.

Lil

Thanks so much Lil,
Are you going to try to get some shooting in this holiday weekend?

Beautiful captures,Tim. I like #2 best. The male looks desperate while the female
gives him a cold shoulder.

Hide

Nice series Tim. Those skimmers never cease to amaze me. Imagine having that kind of reaction time - skimming fish the way they do. Wow.

H

Ohh Tim,
Your're really getting my juices flowing again seeing these marvelous images.
The first year Tern is real sweet; very nice exposure and wing position. The pair is truly elegant in that very nice vertical frame. Detail is very good here with focus on the baitfish nailed. Both Skimmer shots are top notch. Sweet reflection in the second one. Images of these guys like this are going to have me on a plane to OC sooner than planned man. I love watching those guys on the hunt. Great Job.

JayT

Awesome shots my friend well done

Garen

Time these are really beautiful!

I am glad you named the first one for me because i saw one of those in my bay and was not sure what kind of tern it was.

Love the courting flight as well as the skimmer...NICE!!

Neat captures Tim. Congrats.


Jude

3 beauties Tim, #2 is exceptional

Tom

Pleasing trio Tim and a unique catch on #2 with a nice pairing of them. Last is cool as I like the twist on the tail and fact you can seen the skimming bill below the water too Have a great weekend!

Karl

Super shots TIm, especially #1 Love the way you framed it (composition I mean) and the way it is looking into the frame.

Cheers
Gene

Hide Takahashi wrote:
Beautiful captures,Tim. I like #2 best. The male looks desperate while the female
gives him a cold shoulder.

Hide

Thanks Hide,
It's pretty cool to see them fly in formation the
way they do. You wonder why she's not taking the fish

hnilsson wrote:
Nice series Tim. Those skimmers never cease to amaze me. Imagine having that kind of reaction time - skimming fish the way they do. Wow.

H

Skimmers are fun to watch, I'm always hoping they catch a nice fish for a special photo op.