Panic!!!

[Colin Driscoll]

One of my occasional ventures into the Wildlife forum, and not your usual shot.
This is a school of bait fish about 3" long frantically trying to flee predators.
As usual I was waiting for bird action on the lake in front of my house when I saw this.
I grabbed a few frames and they were gone, no time for settings so it turned out high key.
It looks really good across my dual 27" monitors.
1DXIII 600 f4 III 1.4 III 840mm HH
1/2000 f6.3 iso3200

Almost full frame width cropped to pano, light sharpen.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Colin, good for you to venture into the Wildlife forum, and the posting is different - ALL for the right reasons.

I might convert to Greyscale (B/W) and loose the one on the LH side that appears to be head on, it's the only one and you would have continuity. Your call be adding some more 'oomph' I think give the capture greater presence?

TFS
Steve

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

What an awesome capture! Nice timing and composition. I like what Steve has done here. Nice shot.

[John Mack]

Love it. Much prefer the color version. I just wish for the fish to be more in the middle of the frame.

[haseeb badar]

Hi Colin -- good to see you venturing here in wildlife forum. I liked the frame with the fish popping around and the pano crop. Also liked Steve's RP with more oomph and structure. Not sure if the IQ is good enough , as it appears a big crop to me ? or may be too distant a frame as per the equipment used.

Hope to see you post more here in wildlife forum.

TFS !