{"id":10441,"date":"2013-11-13T06:03:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=10441"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:24:53","slug":"displaying-sandwich-terns-in-low-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/13\/displaying-sandwich-terns-in-low-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaying Sandwich Terns In Low Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DisplayingDisplaying\u00a0Sandwich Terns in low light – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/400, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 330mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically I prefer to photograph in what is called “sweet” light but there are times I shoot in low light because I like the subject, the setting or the behavior.<\/p>\n

These Sandwich Terns were courting early one morning at Fort De Soto’s north beach and even though the light wasn’t “sweet” I felt their displaying behavior was interesting.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t breeding season; it was taken in September, so I am not sure what this display was all about. Perhaps it was territorial.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Sandwich Tern photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These Sandwich Terns were courting early one morning at Fort De Soto’s north beach and even though the light wasn’t “sweet” I felt their courtship behavior was interesting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,1860],"tags":[4004,4039,4021,14752,779,4077,156,4031,3980,4017,2090,629,4479,3996],"class_list":["post-10441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-sandwich-terns","tag-adult","tag-beach","tag-bird-photography","tag-coastal-island","tag-displaying","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-low-light-2","tag-nonbreeding","tag-pinellas-county","tag-sand","tag-tern","tag-terns","tag-thalasseus-sandvicensis","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t