The Red Pouch

[Marina Scarr]

Felt pretty lucky about catching this male Magnificent Frigatebird in flight with his pouch extended. It's not too easy to accomplish b/c they normally retract their pouches soon after take off, so you have to catch them at just the right time. The males are also difficult to photograph in flight b/c they are so dark, and it's tough to get light up under their wings. This is my best flight capture so far with pouch extended but will strive to do better next time and hope for some good light.

Canon 1D3, Canon 70-200L F4 & 1.4 TC
F6.3, 1/1600sec, ISO 640, manual mode
Handheld while waist deep in water

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com (http://www.marinascarrphotography.com)

[Alan Murphy]

This came out great Marina. Great detail in the blacks.

[Michael Lloyd]

Good lord... that's an awesome image. I wasn't expecting this when I clicked on the post topic.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wow ! A lovely flight image , with great details . I saw a video yesterday on how they steal fishes from gulls .

[Ofer Levy]

Nicely composed image! Sharp with lovely detail! Composition works well IMHO.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great exp and I like the flight angle!

[Randy Stout]

Marina:

Impressive display of the pouch, you pulled a lot of detail out of the under wings despite the high to the right sun angle.

Soft light would certainly be your friend on this fellow.

Cheers

Randy

[Herb Houghton]

Great detail in the blacks like Alan said. Congrats on getting the extended pouch in flight. I have hundreds of shots of these guys from Mexico, but never the breeding male with the red pouch.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Marina! I like the details and composition.

[yogesh_puranik]

wow,.,this is excellent image nice moment and sharp image

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Beautifully taken.

[Dan Walker]

Love the color of the pouch against the bird and BG. good details. nicely done.