I captured this about three years ago at a local beach estuary. We had a group of birds hunting fish in front of us for about 2 hours and the action was wide open. It was so fast and furious that it was hard to figure on which bird to focus on and at what distance.
Also it was very hard on your arms as the constant up and down of the heavy rig eventually starts to building up lactic acid in your arms and they feel like they are going to fall off :) Some were way to close for the 600mm, and some, like this one, were just right.
The next frame, which is an almost identical pose but without the green on top, doesn't have the same impact and color so I chose this one. Hope you like it
1DX---600mm---f6.3---ss1/3200th---ISO640---Hand held@ 8:15am---35% crop
Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.
David