Arctic Tern

Photographer

Arian GolGiri

Category

Nature Photography - Wildlife

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2026

Country / Region:

Finland

I like capturing these moments. An Arctic Tern catching insects from the surface of the water during a calm, windless spring morning. The backlight hits the bird from behind the forest, I set the exposure to -2 steps, so the Tern, which is whit, is perfectly exposured and the rest of the scene is dark. The moment is fast and sweaty. With a 500mm lens it's very difficult to capture and I had to try many dozen times to get this shot.