Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2012 at 06:57:09 (UTC)
Original – Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis), Little Swanport, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
This is the only image on Wikimedia Commons of this species. The photo was taken hand held in waist-deep salt water as it was the only way I could approach with the sun on the right side. Fairy Terns are classified as Vulnerable in most states of Australia. For those familiar they are about half the size of a Crested Tern.
Conditional support - can you confirm that its eye is meant to be entirely black? Almost looks like a red-eye fix...? --
Fir000209:51, 10 January 2012 (UTC)reply
I can, it is that way in my field guides and other online photos too and I haven't done anything post processing wise to it. I remember having to take lots of shots so I could get one with the head tilted up enough to get a decent catch light - the eye was very indistinct without it. Crested Tern, Caspian Tern etc have the same issues with black eyes in breeding plumage.
JJ Harrison (
talk)
10:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)reply
Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2012 at 06:57:09 (UTC)
Original – Fairy Tern (Sterna nereis), Little Swanport, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
This is the only image on Wikimedia Commons of this species. The photo was taken hand held in waist-deep salt water as it was the only way I could approach with the sun on the right side. Fairy Terns are classified as Vulnerable in most states of Australia. For those familiar they are about half the size of a Crested Tern.
Conditional support - can you confirm that its eye is meant to be entirely black? Almost looks like a red-eye fix...? --
Fir000209:51, 10 January 2012 (UTC)reply
I can, it is that way in my field guides and other online photos too and I haven't done anything post processing wise to it. I remember having to take lots of shots so I could get one with the head tilted up enough to get a decent catch light - the eye was very indistinct without it. Crested Tern, Caspian Tern etc have the same issues with black eyes in breeding plumage.
JJ Harrison (
talk)
10:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)reply