To Catch a Thief

[Tim Foltz]

Canon 1DX • 500 mm • 1/4000 • f/6.3 • ISO 500 • handheld • manual

This Elegant Tern watched overhead as the Double-crested Cormorant chased its prey.
At the right moment the tern dove and stole the unlucky fish, The cormorant grabbed the tern and pulled it out
of the air and slammed it back into the water. The tern held on and got away with the prize.
This is 1 frame out of the sequence.

Thanks for looking.

-Tim

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Great title and catch for both you and the tern, Tim. The positions of the birds and fish are beautifully situated in this great action capture. Well done.

Geoffrey




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[Juan Tolentino]

Great action shot Tim. Everything looks great. Looks like both the fish and Tern are looking at you, nice! TFS.

[John Whaley]

Great action shot Tim. Everything looks great. Looks like both the fish and Tern are looking at you, nice! TFS.

Agreed - Great action shot and story to go with it. Perfect light angle and pose on the Tern in the image. The splashing water definitely adds.

[Dorian Anderson]

Wonderful story and frame. This is an incredible action shot Tim! I really like it.

[John Mack]

After reading this i hope we get to see some more from this sequence. Great timing. Nice how you have them all well balanced in the frame.

[Tim Foltz]

After reading this i hope we get to see some more from this sequence. Great timing. Nice how you have them all well balanced in the frame.

Thanks John, this frame shows both birds the best but if you want to see the entire sequence it’s posted
in my sequence gallery on my website.

-Tim

[John Mack]

Thanks John, this frame shows both birds the best but if you want to see the entire sequence it’s posted
in my sequence gallery on my website.

-Tim

Very nice website enjoyed viewing all those sequence frames. The gull and the octopus was awesome.