Gotcha!!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Image captured in my back garden (from a hide), I have been waiting for this shot for some time.
Olympus E-M1MarkIII
Focal Length : 120.0mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 240.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 800
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/5000 sec
Aperture : F3.5

ACR/PSCC

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Jon .... glad you become rewarded for your patience !!!
Awesome image , love the captured action !!!!

The BG is super ... love the different shades and hues .

Congrats Jon and TFS Andreas

BTW no posterization

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Jon, wonderful image... the action captured is superb. Your efforts paid off. Thank you for sharing.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Hey Jon, Very nice action captured. Congrats on getting the image, Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Incredible action. Sharp with a nice background. You encountered some bad luck with the face-of the upper bird and the eye of the lower bird.

with love, artie

[gail bisson]

Fantastic action and an awesome BG.
I would center the birds if mine- why did you put them slightly to the left of the frame?
Too bad the eye is in shadow on the upper bird but I am being super picky here.
A great frame ,
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, glad you liked it. The composition is a little off centre because I thought it would better reflect the totally random direction in which they engage. I could place more centrally by adding canvas.

[William Dickson]

Well done Jon....Great interaction with nice details....The BG 'fits' nicely..

Good work

Will

[arash_hazeghi]

nice interaction frame Jon looks like one is grabbing the other one's bill?

TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

nice interaction frame Jon looks like one is grabbing the other one's bill?

TFS

Yes Arash this is the one I ha been waiting for. I have had similar ones where the bill had been held by the other bird's foot but there was always something "wrong" eg. a wing in the way. Also I noted Artie's comments, one day I will get "the" shot.