White-winged Scoter with Crayfish/Crab.

[Karl Egressy]

Rare moment captured as I was at the right place at the right time.
Thanks for looking.


Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 800
1/1000 s
f8.0
HH.

[John Robinson]

Good one karl I have these with Grebes eating them. Don't know how they do it but they do !!
Great action/NH shot.
Wellk done.
We used to eat them in great numbers so they must be good !
Cheers
John

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Great timing and impeccable image. The physics confuses me - is it part of a flipping procedure? Thank for sharing. Ihtisham

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, good low perspective here, and well timed to have captured the feeding behaviour - thats a fairly large crayfish for a meal. The light looks bit harsh, but well exposed on the head. You could maybe try and tease out a bit more detail on the wing and back. I do like the blues of the water.

[keith mitchell]

Karl it's marvelous how they deal with such large and hard prey but that bill looks like it was designed for the job,great low action with good detail and sharpness on the bird.

Keith.

[William Dickson]

Great capture Karl. Everything looks good to me. Love the expression on the birds face as it grabs the crab. Next time get a better HA on the crab:w3

Well done

Will

[David Salem]

Killer Karl!! Nice action with prey!!

[Marina Scarr]

Very impressive behavior and action captured, Karl. Love that both subject and prey are on perfect angle!!!