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Black Skimmers and Terns

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p.1 #1 · Black Skimmers and Terns

With thousands of birds gathering on Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY I like to do both individual portraits and to capture the large numbers in photos. For some of these photos I've use a colony of terns as the background with them out of focus with bokeh to create an interesting background hinting at how many there are.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

1) Black Skimmer skimming

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/4000s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

2) Black Skimmer with terns in the background

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5400s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

3) Tern diving sequence

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5000s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

4) Tern exploding out of the water

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5000s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

5) Tern with catch

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5400s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

6) Tern releasing seaweed

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5400s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

7) I hate vegetables!

X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/6.4 1/5400s 800 ISO -0.3 EV

Sep 01, 2025 at 07:21 AM

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p.1 #2 · Black Skimmers and Terns

I like the bird bokeh Morris, makes for a fun background.
Eric

Sep 01, 2025 at 01:40 PM

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p.1 #3 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Morris,
Very nice, they all look great

Chris S

Sep 01, 2025 at 08:31 PM

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p.1 #4 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Great shots! We have some of those terns visit up here in the New England area. They are very fast birds particularly when diving.

Sep 01, 2025 at 08:34 PM

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p.1 #5 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Fine work on these, Morris.

Sep 02, 2025 at 06:01 AM

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p.1 #6 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Erictator wrote:
I like the bird bokeh Morris, makes for a fun background.
Eric

Thank you Eric,

It took some experimentation to get the bird bokeh correct

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csinseattle wrote:
Morris,
Very nice, they all look great

Chris S

Thank you Chris

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rbf_ wrote:
Great shots! We have some of those terns visit up here in the New England area. They are very fast birds particularly when diving.

Thank you

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psharvic wrote:
Fine work on these, Morris.

Thank you Vic,

Morris

Sep 03, 2025 at 06:52 AM

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p.1 #7 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Great set Morris.

Dave

Sep 04, 2025 at 07:27 AM

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p.1 #8 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Dave_E wrote:
Great set Morris.

Dave

Thank you Dave

Morris

Sep 04, 2025 at 08:19 PM

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p.1 #9 · Black Skimmers and Terns

Great Shots Morris. We have the mostly Caspian Terns up her on Lake Ontario as well as on the rivers however, I have never seen a skimmer.

Sep 04, 2025 at 09:00 PM


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