PeterD
April 27th, 2008, 10:22 PM
Thought I would group together three of my shots and add a short commentary. I know a picture is worth a thousand words but sometimes the background can add a little interest.
While walking the dog along Langstone harbour, I noticed what I thought were black headed gulls diving into the sea. This behaviour made me very curious so I used the Bigma to identify the birds.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/Sandwich_tern-4263954.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6338&ppuser=1130)
I noticed that lumps were in the bird's beaks as they emerged from the sea. I thought they were fishing so I took another shot to see what they had caught.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/medium/Sandwich_tern-4263952.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6336&size=big&cat=&ppuser=1130)
You can clearly see the fish here.
I thought it would be good to catch the dive but, time was running out and so I only had one shot. I missed the dive but caught the bird as it emerged.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/Sandwich_tern-4263953.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6337&ppuser=1130)
It was only during Post processing that, to my excitement, I had caught a chance image.
You can see where the bird emerged in the foreground. Before it had chance to fly off, a large fish rose out of the water and hit the tail of the Tern, almost spilling it back in to the sea.
I think the tern had been following the fish shoal for some time.
Hope the above gives you as much pleasure as it did me.
PeterD
While walking the dog along Langstone harbour, I noticed what I thought were black headed gulls diving into the sea. This behaviour made me very curious so I used the Bigma to identify the birds.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/Sandwich_tern-4263954.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6338&ppuser=1130)
I noticed that lumps were in the bird's beaks as they emerged from the sea. I thought they were fishing so I took another shot to see what they had caught.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/medium/Sandwich_tern-4263952.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6336&size=big&cat=&ppuser=1130)
You can clearly see the fish here.
I thought it would be good to catch the dive but, time was running out and so I only had one shot. I missed the dive but caught the bird as it emerged.
http://surfbirds.com/albums/data/500/Sandwich_tern-4263953.jpg (http://surfbirds.com/albums/showphoto.php?photo=6337&ppuser=1130)
It was only during Post processing that, to my excitement, I had caught a chance image.
You can see where the bird emerged in the foreground. Before it had chance to fly off, a large fish rose out of the water and hit the tail of the Tern, almost spilling it back in to the sea.
I think the tern had been following the fish shoal for some time.
Hope the above gives you as much pleasure as it did me.
PeterD