River Tern with fish

[Atul Sinai]

This tern had dropped this fish while flying around. The moment was captured when it came back for it.

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: Canon 400mm f5.6
Exposure: Manual
Focus: Auto
Metering: Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 400mm
Cropped by 22%
Handheld

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image .Nice wingspread. The ripples and reflection have added value.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

P.S: I have forgotton to tell you, in your Natural History project on hand, please try to observe the direction of landing of Little Cormorant during morning and evening.

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Nice image Atul.Agree with Saktipada ji.Thanks for sharing.

[Surya Mohapatra]

Beautiful, nice take off, nice detail, nice sharp, nice reflection.

[Bibhav Behera]

Lovely image Atul. Very nicely executed. Thanks for sharing.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice action captured. The ripples look good. Not sure, but is there a slight tilt? Thanks for sharing.

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks for the comments. The rock in the background is at an angle to the sensor making it appear as if there is a tilt in the image.

Shaktipadaji, thanks for letting me know about the timings. Most of the observations made were in the morning. Will certainly make observation in the evening as well.

I have observed one thing with respect to cormorants. When landing on the perch after coming out from water, they land with their backs facing the sun. Then they open their wings and allow them to dry. Will get into further details on this. Also will make a note a direction of landing in water.

Will update the post with the info soon.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

The wing spread is good. You got a nice moment. Some more details would have made this superb. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sucheth Lingachar]

beautiful pic.... Action captured very well.....

[Roopak Gangadharan]

lovely image atul. very neatly done.
TFS
Roopak