Big Bird, Little Fish

[Doug Brown]

Taken during my West Coast Flight workshop with Jim Neiger last week. Skimmers have to be one of my favorite bird species! I'm amazed that they can catch such small fish.

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Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm, f/5.6, 1/2000, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Jim Neiger]

Nice one, Doug! I like the wing position and bg. Fish is a bonus.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Super green background and detail on the bird. Truly amazing how they catch such a small fish.

A super in flight capture!:S3:

[Stu Bowie]

Fantastic flight posture Doug, and I like the overall exposure. The eye stands out nicely. Gotta love that tiny fish. ( tinned sardines are bigger than that :w3 )

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dough, excellent angle on the bird. tiny fish makes a big difference....and great light and wing position.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great light, pose and wing position. Love the BG. I would like to see a bit more detail in the dark feathers on the back wing. Nice one!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Beautiful BIF image. outstanding BG makes this pop off the monitor. Details are killer as well.

[Arno Ellmer]

Beautiful posture,Doug!I love the HA and the detail under the wing.They too are one of my favourite birds.Just think of the skill in skimming such a small fish from the water at high speed.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Just spent all morning with friends shooting these as well. lots of fun. I like the flight pose and great light on the face ,underwing and that teeny little fish. It's also nice and sharp I too would like just a little more detail on that back wing.

[Karl Egressy]

Big bird, tiny fish. Great flight shot, Doug.

[Grace Scalzo]

Background is smooth as silk and the blacks are like velvet, so black yet filled with detail. Killer light and fishy is nice too.

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome Doug love the pose and BG, I am not seeing much detail in the blacks on my screen did you process this with your laptop?

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent image!

[Doug Brown]

awesome Doug love the pose and BG, I am not seeing much detail in the blacks on my screen did you process this with your laptop?

Guilty as charged Arash! Processed on my laptop during the workshop. Blacks look great on my Air BTW! :t3

[Troy Lim]

Doug, always love your flight shots. Great capture!