Jul 10 2009
Turn!, tern!, turn!
A Royal Tern slices through the air near Ocean City, MD
Well, I seem to be taking one of my periodic (frequent?), unplanned absences from the blogosphere, so here, at least, is something new to look at for a while.
I went down to Ocean City, Maryland, the other evening with Kevin Fleming to photograph a Royal Tern colony just west of town. I got a few nice shots of parents and young on the ground, but so far, this is my favorite. The colony shots are all packed, chaotic, and cramped, while this one is, I hope, cleaner and perhaps more reveals more, “essence of tern.” If I were to go ahead and turn the pretentiousness dial up to 11, I would say it’s a consommé, rather than a bouillabaisse.
Actually, come to think of it, a real consommé would probably have more sky and less tern. And the tern would be cut into a julienne…
Friday Ark #251…
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Essence of tern…..tincture of tern?…..