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I am not going to skim this time...
On our second visit to Nickerson last year, it rained the previous night and it was a foggy morning. When we reached the beach my first reaction was Wow!
I was very excited to see so many bird species sitting in a puddle that was formed from last nights rain. All birds were enjoying the morning bath.
It was lovely morning with slow wind and sound of drops created by birds flapping their wing in water. There was a sense of happiness all around.
Also, this was my first experience to see skimmers skimming. I took many shots of skimmers doing skimming but I liked this one the most.
I acquired focus, started panning and was waiting to press the shutter down for that perfect skimming pose but this skimmer was teasing me by barely touching the water with lower mandible and not doing the skimming. You can see the thin line on water.
Hope you all enjoy this. Suggestions and comments are welcome.
Canon EOS 7D | 600mm | f/7.1 | 1/1000 | ISO 800
PP : Cloned OOF birds in BG, cropped by 40%, NR on BG and sharpening, pulled out some shadow details.
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