"Head Rush"

[David Salem]

This was from a fun morning when we had an outing with BPNer's Patrick Sparkman, Glenn Conlan, Chris Mayne and Arthur Morris. Patrick and I were standing on the shoreline to the left of the group when these two started their dance. They came straight at us and we both started blasting away with our 1DXs as they came closer and closer.
They wound up ending the rush beyond full frame and I thought I had gotten wet from all the splashing :) This is right before they got too big in the viewfinder and is pretty much full frame.

1DX---840mm---f10---ss1/4000th---ISO640---HH@8:15am---5% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[gail bisson]

What is there to say? Simply amazing , beautiful shot.
Whites are gorgeous, the fact that both birds are tack sharp adds to the magic of this image.
Gail

[Tim Foltz]

Dave nice shot of the "Dance" I sure hope we get some rains this winter or this might be a thing of the past at this location.
All the techs are spot on.

-Tim

[Kirk Benson]

Wow David, what a killer good image. F/10 has both birds beautifully sharp, and the churned up water is just fantastic. Techs are perfect as always, and your almost FF composition is well captured. Masterful work my friend. :-)

Kirk

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely amazing it looks brilliant, the action has been caught perfectly focus and exposure, composition are all top notch.

[annmpacheco]

I return to this image and still get amazed! perfect exposure and sharpness, i love the power, the beauty, the white sheen, and the symmetry, even the one foot up both birds show. Wowsa David, what a rush indeed, fabulous.

[keith mitchell]

David you pressed the button at the exact moment to capture this smashing shot,the almost identical pose makes for one excellent shot.

Keith.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the dynamic pose and the details on both, you nailed this one with the techs. I really like the synchronized pose

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm glad you like the frame.

[Robert Kimbrell]

What an amazing image David. Superb action, and well done getting both subjects sharp at this range. The whites and the texture of the whites look great. Congrats on this image.

[Glenn Conlan]

I remember this one, you were in a great spot and nailed the birds at there best distance of the morning. Great exposure on a difficult subject

[Adhika Lie]

Beautiful, Dave. This photo reminds me a lot the first time I saw a video of this bird dancing.

[William Dickson]

Wow. Lovely frame with great detail as usual. The whites are amazing.

Well done David and TFS

Will

[Doug Brown]

Stunning frame Dave! I've got to witness that one of these days!

[David Salem]

Thanks again everyone!

[Marina Scarr]

First of all, killer title for this image. Love seeing the pair in their synchronized dance and seeing one of each of their feet, their eyes and beak and that amazing splash.