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James Galletto
08-07-2008, 09:21 PM
This is the fish of choice at the skimmer colony at Nickerson Beach it provides lots of protein in a not so easy
to swallow meal it takes the smaller chicks 45 minutes to and hour to swallow one.

Canon 1Dmk2 500mm f4 1.4x, Tripod, Manual exposure incident meter -1/3 1/2500 @ 7.1 Iso 500.
Axel Hildebrandt
08-07-2008, 09:26 PM
Cool capture both of you. What kind of fish is this? You could try to get more details in the blacks and what is the background? Looks like sand but that doesn't seem possible. Thanks for sharing!
James Galletto
08-07-2008, 09:43 PM
Cool capture both of you. What kind of fish is this? You could try to get more details in the blacks and what is the background? Looks like sand but that doesn't seem possible. Thanks for sharing!

Alex plenty of detail in the black in the original and that is sand they were flying in with a few hundred feet of open sand behind them.
Sid Garige
08-07-2008, 11:23 PM
Alright Jimmy, Can you arrange for one of those duing my jamaicabay trip? :)
Juan Carlos Vindas
08-07-2008, 11:30 PM
Very cool image!
Really nice and full of action, I feel sorry for the poor fish! well, nature is nature!
DustinFinn
08-08-2008, 12:15 AM
Really love the background and the wing position, food always a bonus.

Nice work!
Doug Rodda
08-08-2008, 07:39 AM
Love seeing the eye of the needlefish, blacks look black and the cloudy day background works well here. Nice capture.
Judy Lynn Malloch
08-08-2008, 10:23 AM
Love the fllight pose in this image and the incredible fish puts it over the top for me. Agree withh the above comments. Many thanks for sharing.
Daniel Cadieux
08-08-2008, 11:49 AM
Alex plenty of detail in the black in the original and that is sand they were flying in with a few hundred feet of open sand behind them.

James, I really like this image and the fish is a huge bonus!! (I love how it curves) :-) You say in the original there is plenty of detail in the blacks, but as posted they are lacking (head and far wing are pitch black...)
Gyorgy Szimuly
08-10-2008, 05:12 AM
I love this very much. The prey is an extra bonus.
Love the bg and the eye contact. Very nice sharpness. My favourite.

Szimi