Terns - Critique please

[sassyfox]

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[DRwyoming]

Great moment you captured there. I might add a gentle vignette (edge burn) to the scene with all that bright sand running to the edges of the frame and it would have been great to have a bit more visual separation between the two right hand Terns and better visibility of that back Tern's head but it's still a great interaction and a great moment. Nicely done!

 

[Tiago C]

Nice moment. Consider cropping. Context won't be lost and the area of interest (the birds) will be bigger.

 

[Niels.hr.Hansen]

I vote for a slight crop instead of vignetting it. It's a bit messy with the right terns, but thats how they are, but maybe a little dodge on the rear can isolate them better from each other

 

[sassyfox]

Does this look a bit better? This was actually a series of a couple photos. Baby was waiting for mom and these other adults were waiting too, hoping to steal babies breakfast. Maybe I added too much warmth.

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[Andrew Lamberson]

Great shots!

 

[DRwyoming]

Does this look a bit better? This was actually a series of a couple photos. Baby was waiting for mom and these other adults were waiting too, hoping to steal babies breakfast.

I like these. The tighter framing on the lower shot works nicely.

Great stuff!

 

[sassyfox]

Thank-you all for the input. It's really helpful and greatly appreciated.

 

[bleirer]

To my eye the area of interest is the visual surprise of 4 beaks. I would crop it to a vertical layout with only the right side birds. And clone away the dark blobs behind the birds.