I don't like you either!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Some of the skimmers had this kind of quarrel every once in a while. It looked like a territorial issue and was not real serious. Cropped from horizontal.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/101547462/original.jpg

1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/2000s, f/8, ISO 400

[Alfred Forns]

Fantastic Axel !!! Twin sharp birds, sharp and doing a behavior are so difficult Got a winner !!!!

[Markus Jais]

fantastic action shot. I like the open bills and the wing pose of the bird on the right.

Markus

[Raymond Barlow]

fantastic action shot Axel.. were the catchlights added?

[Doug Brown]

Excellent capture Axel! Al's comments sum up my feelings on this one.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

I have to keep the fantastic going here Axel Awesome interaction and timing and sharp as well Fine work indeed!!!! Congrats !

[Nancy A Elwood]

Now, Axel, catch lights and all!!! Sorry, but awesome just says what I thought as I looked at the image!! Ok, BG, exposure and action, it has it all!!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

excellent action & especially liked the open beak aggression display between the individuals.
another good thing is that heads of both the individual are visible. normally under such fast action, the heads get covered by the wings & so on.

[Haim Ziv]

This is amazing catch !!

[david cramer]

Great action catch! The wing positions are very nice.

[Wally Nussbaumer]

Nice timing Axel! Great interaction.

[Stephen Stephen]

Beautiful capture Axel! I love the interaction here.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

:eek::eek::eek:

[Axel Hildebrandt]

fantastic action shot Axel.. were the catchlights added?

Nope, the catchlights are real. :)

[D. Robert Franz]

Great action captured here. Not sure on the square crop however... Well odne....

[Noel Carboni]

What I want to know is... How much did you pay these great performers to pose for you like this? :) Great catch. I like the hint of soft cloud in the background too.

-Noel

[Sivaprasad]

That's a great behavioral shot Axel. I like how sharp the image is and the wing action in both the birds. Exposure is perfect. Seeing the catchlight puts the cherry on the top :)

[Jim Fenton]

Axel...

The only thing I wish for is a lower angle...

I"M KIDDING!

Excellent stuff....

[Maxis Gamez]

I've seen this behavior many times. Excellent capture Axel.

[Jim Neiger]

Very cool image, Axel. You nailed the moment.

[Dave Phillips]

very nice sir.....super behavior capture, not to mention excellent quality too