These are form my visit to Orange County week before last and my first experience with capturing the Common Tern. Photographing these birds is quite the thrill. The action is hot & heavy with many of these birds feeding constantly it often hard to stay focused on individuals. I had so much fun I went back again for the day last weekend to shoot the Skimmers. (I'll post some of those next time). These are taken with the 1D MkII & 500/4 IS, handheld, & combination of manual and aperture priority exposure.

C & C welcome as always.
Thanks for looking/commenting,

JayT

1 Banking left
2 Coming at ya
3 Full frame
(Forster's Terns)

1)

4 High crusin' (Elegant Tern)
5 Hello!
6 Fly Fishin'
7 I'll just wait for the fish to come to me

4)

Great Tern set Jay you have done well

Garen

Very nice set of Terns, Jay. Looks like you could almost reach out and touch no.5 tern.

I love the flying portrait ~ Ron

wow , you got really close in #5

#6 is my top pic

Nice set.... I know how fast these guys are in flight...WEll DONE!

Hey J... new avatar I see

I like 4, 6 and 1. 4 because of the blue to white gradation you captured in the bkg.

My only nitt would be to have a catch light in the eyes.

Nice work J.

C

I guress it was your 'tern' JayT A nice open feeling in these images, love the sky and the seamless BG's. Something about #2 that really works well for me, the BG color pallette and the form of the tern. #6 is pretty sweet to, can't beat those colors buddy!

Karl

Hi Jay,
Fantastic set. My top picks are 1, 4 and 6. Great work my friend.
Dan

Beautiful set Jay,

they are fun & fast - that's for sure.

You got a great set here & my favorites are # 1, 4 & 5

Lil

Fantastic work on these Terns buddy, great exposures and man you got close!!! Favs are #4 and the last frame, killer detail bro

Tom

fine work Jay! Looking forward to your next post from the Southern CA trip.

very nice, first two are my favourite compositions.

Rob

It looks like the tern is missing a toenail in the last photo!

Real nice job on the ternz Jay!! I can't pick but 4 may just be the one. Well done.

Tim

Great job on these Jay enjoyed each and every 1 of them!

#5 all the way for me!

Impressive & beautiful. Well done

Very Nice Jay. Ed

1, 4, 6 are my faves!