Photoseria- The whiskered tern

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

Hi Guys, here is a series of shots of a whiskered tern I got at Candaba with the help of the 1DMk2 and a 300mm and 1.4 TC combi. To be frank, I just blasted away and was surprised the ID was able to keep track.

"There it is, I have to take the plunge"

Canon 1dmk2 300 mm F4 IS 1.4 TC Kenko F8 1/4000 iso 320 Handheld

"Got it, got it !!"

same settings

"Oops I talked to early"

same setting .01 secs later

"Tsk tsk its now water over the fish"


I hoped you enjoyed it.

Cheers
Chito

[Tonji Ramos]

Great series Doc! Looks like a pretty big Janitor fish. Maybe its not good eating so he dropped it.

[Elvin Sansona]

Nice shots Doc!

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

I was wondering what fish it was, as I looked different from the usual catfish. I think I have read somewhere that this janitor fish were destroying some of our wetlands fuana and fishponds as indeed this fish is not palatable but consumes a lot of resources. In that case may the proper caption for the 3rd pic would be "Phew!, janitor!" Thanks Tonji and Binot.

[Ely Teehankee]

I like the entire series because it takes time, patience, and timing to be able to capture a sequence such as this. I like the second picture best. If this was made possible because of the 1D series, this is the camera for bird sport photographer. I like the second picture best because it shows the tern has the fish securely in its beak. Beautiful series. Tonji is right. The janitor fish has a very tough scale and when the tern realize that he drop it off. Very well done Doc. Mabuhay.

[Toto Gamboa]

Interesting series Doc. Indeed, looks like the tern rejected the janitor.

[Ronnie Dominguez]

very nice series, great shots . Isnt that fish an ordinary catfish? May be it just slipped as its too slimy slippery

[Luis (Chito) Limchiu]

Thanks Ron, Toto and Ely, Well, I am not going to start a janitor versus catfish controversy-bottom line is it is a fish . Thanks for the comments.