Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is one of my favorite places in the Mid-Atlantic to photograph wildlife so I try to make at least one or two trips there each year.  In May 2007, Chris and I spent an entire week on the island and we were well rewarded for our time there.  One afternoon, we found several Foster’s Terns hunting near a culvert, regularly hovering at close range.  The next morning, we returned to the same spot, hoping the terns would be there.  The culvert wasn’t quite so active at dawn, but a few birds did make passes allowing me limited opportunities to capture the shot I was looking for.  When I saw this shot, of a tern with its wings raised, backlit by the soft salmon-pink glow of the rising sun, I knew I got it.

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