The Catch.

[Bill Dix]

Here's a variation on the usual "skimmer skimming" shot. After several frames of plain old skimming, the frame just prior to this showed his head totally buried in the water, and in this one he somehow recovered and came up with the fish, albeit a smallfry. Almost looked like he was about to do a back flip, but the frame after this shows him on an even keel again. IQ is not ideal, but I liked the action. From Jamaica Bay two weeks ago.

D7000, 500f4 + 1.4x, ISO 1250, 1/1600s @ f/7.1 manual, Gitzo and Mongoose

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Oh WOW! Never seen anything like this before. Bill, any chance you can post some more shots of the sequence for us, I'd love to see them!

[Karl Egressy]

Amazing action shot. Love the very interesting pose, fish in the beak and the big splash, Bill.

[laurie golden]

Bill,

Very nice and unusual action shot. And the IQ looks good to me.

[Melissa Groo]

Great action shot, Bill. I am in love with watching and photographing skimmers skimming (just posted one too!), and appreciate the difficulty in getting this. Love the splash and the decisive moment captured, with the fish in the beak.

[Andrew Merwin]

A great action shot. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Great action captured Sir.
Love the pose with fish in beak,nice flash of water and it's vertical reflection,Yes and panorama-crop composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

great capture Bill,love the pose and splash,well done.