Skimmer in pretty light

[Grace Scalzo]

Great evening last night at Nickerson as the winds were NW and the birds were very active. They are beginning to act like they will be leaving soon, which is a bit early. (The flies were horrendous and made concentrating challenging).

1/1000, f 5.6, ISO800
Canon 1Dmk4, 70x200 f4 @ 200mm + seated behind tripod

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. Lovely warm light, I really like wing position, and exposed very well.
Well done.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent! Lovely light and excellent techs!

[Maya Raut]

Fantastic capture Grace. Love the open beak and wing position. The evening light added beauty in image.

- Maya

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace, glad you achieved separation between the head and far wing, and just love the warm colours from the late light. I like the show of the red legs tucked in during flight.

[gail bisson]

This is all about the light.
I like the wing and incoming body position.
Nice BG sky with gradual change in color,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely light and composition. I like the open beak.

[Sachin Saraf]

Grace, Light definitely makes this one special...Love the open beak, wing position and eye contact...looks like it helps to have a backup body with a light lens for such flight opportunities..

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice, the open beak and slightly blur wing tips score extra points here. nice two-tone BG too

[Rachel Hollander]

Grace - I can only echo what others have said - beautiful light and wing position.

TFS,
Rachel

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful light and pose Grace

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent IQ, warm light & wing position. I also like the open beak. TFS

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image Grace,thelight is fantastic,well done.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light and flight angle. Love the open beak. I might have been tempted to brighten the catchlight just a tad.