Immature river tern

[Atul Sinai]

Hi,

Shot this one in Pune. The bird dived in to catch fish, but unsuccessful in this attempt. This moment was captured when it came out.

Canon 600D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Aperture 6.3
ISO 200
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 38%
Handheld

Regards,
Atul

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good that you tried this. Nice splash. The reflection though broken, adds to the image. A bit more view of the head would have been great. Wish you were closer. Overall good effort. Keep on trying. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice shot Atul, the water spash has come out well. One frame earlier to this with head/face visible would have been even better.
tfs

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Lovely image. Why immature ! It reminds me about the real life situation.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice action captured. The wing spread looks good. The splash adds to the composition. Since it is a crop, slight more space on the left to include the splash in full would be good. Keep trying. Thanks for sharing.

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks !

Praveen, posting below a frame before this. Looks like I need to buy a high speed memory card.

Shaktipada, I feel this river tern is not fully matured, not sure though. Would love to know your take on this.

Will post another image of this river tern.

Regards,
Atul