Terns

I am a little behind, so a belated Merry Xmas. Santa was good to me this year, but more on that later.
I am now up to Moreton Island, where I was invited to join a photography club on their week-end outing.
It has been an awful long time since my one and only visit to Moreton, and I fell in love with the island all over a gain. Accommodation was camping at a permanent camp site, catered, though the cold showers took some getting used to! Moreton island is a sand island, so everything is sand! It can get heavy walking at times.
Anyway, first morning, up early for a sunrise shoot at the dunes. I am not so good on landscapes, so though I enjoyed the view, the light wasn't so great, and I couldn't get a composition going. Back at the bus, I noticed a tern flying overhead, so swapped lenses, and lo and behold, quite a few of them landed right where our bus is! How nice of them. So us keen birders had a great time photographing the terns, but we had to go eventually, as we were already late for breakfast.

Following morning we went to the other side of the island, and what should there be, but a colony of terns, so again, us keen birders spent a happy while with them. I could have stayed all day, but when you are part of a group, your movements are a bit restricted. However, if it wasn't for the group, I wouldn't have been there, so I am not complaining. I will definitely go back, just need to tee it up with my friends who own a 4wd.

All images taken with the mk4, and the 400mm prime.