Sandwich Tern and a pastel skySandwich Tern and a pastel sky – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 310mm, natural light

I have tons of images I haven’t processed and last week while searching for a Royal Tern to post I came across this Sandwich Tern I had taken in Florida in 2009. Quite often while I lived in Florida I practiced my flight shot skills by photographing the gulls and terns at Fort De Soto’s north beach because they were plentiful and they were in flight a lot.  When the bait fish were running just off the shore there could be hundreds of gulls, terns and pelicans in a feeding frenzy and that made for loads of flight shots and quick action.

And they are beautifully graceful too.

Mia

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