African Skimmer

[Chris van Rooyen]

Dug this one up from the archives as well. Taken many years ago from a boat on the Okavango River in Botswana. Getting them in the act of skimming is pretty tricky, as they only do so for a few seconds at a time. I was fortunate to get a good angle on this one as it skimmed right past the boat. About 50% crop. Processed in LR,PS and Neat Image.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:10:28 06:48:01
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 8
ISO: 1000
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal length: 500mm

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is rather beautiful. I love the tip of the upper mandible just barely touching the water. Nice vivid colours.

[annmpacheco]

Terrific, action, wing position and clear eye, along with the skimming trail, well done.

[Dorian Anderson]

Lighting and action are outstanding, and I think the graded BG is nice as well. Detail on the bird is very good. If you have the resolution on the bird, I might crop in from the bottom a bit to get a bit more detail on the bird. But that's me and I favor tighter over looser....

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Like the colors in the shot.

I hope to photograph skimmers in my upcoming trip to Nickerson Beach NY

Crop looks good. I would have taken more at the bottom and add more at the top.

TFS

[John Mack]

Very nice. Really like the color in the water on this one. Skimming pose is great as well.

[dankearl]

The splash behind the beak is outstanding..

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet light and action Chris, love the water film between the beak and the water which was calm.

TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Perfect handling of the WHITEs and the reflection. Otherwise fantastic. It is a pleasure seeing your images again.

with love, artie