Project: GBH With Grouper

[Don Lacy]

Taken a few years ago at Ft Desoto I could not believe my eyes when I saw this GBH strike the water and come up with a 12 to 14 inch Grouper and yes he flew away with it and no i do not if he was able to eat it my guess would be no but you never know with these guys.

30D, 500 f/4, 1/1000 at f/8, Aperture Priority, Evaluative Metered, Raw, ISO 200, Tripod, Cropped

[Christopher Marek]

amazing. Suitable for the Discovery Channel

[Randy Stout]

Don:

Remarkable catch here. The action helps distract form the light angle well off to the left, leaving parts of the bird in shadow. The fish is well lit however:)
Sharp, with good exposure.
I might be tempted to crop up from the bottom to just above the wing tips in the reflection, and might also consider a crop from above to just below the beach.
Lots of debris in the water, but the action is so strong it carries the image.

Cheers

Randy

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Don, awesome action captured in this one. I also like the raised wings along with the look in his eye. The colorful grouper adds a lot. If you could slightly brighten up the shadowed side of the head, it would make this great capture even better.