I'm gonna get you!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Photographed on Long Island. These two skimmers chased each other around for a while.



1D3, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1600s, f/8, ISO 400

[Raymond Barlow]

excellent Axel, fantastic capture of some great action.

[Raul Quinones]

Great picture, nice action and both birds in focus.
How much crop?

[Paul Wolf]

Whoa, that must have been tough to shoot! The exposure underneath both birds looks perfect, which is not easy against a bright sky. Of course, the action and the focus are terrific as Raul pointed out. I guess you were hand-holding the rig, too, huh?

Paul

[Brutus Ostling]

Tralala.... wonderful. Great action shot.

The cropping -if you have done any - works well for the web.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great picture, nice action and both birds in focus.
How much crop?

It is cropped from horizontal.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Whoa, that must have been tough to shoot! The exposure underneath both birds looks perfect, which is not easy against a bright sky. Of course, the action and the focus are terrific as Raul pointed out. I guess you were hand-holding the rig, too, huh?

Paul

Thanks, Paul! Yes, it is handheld.

[Juan Aragonés]

Super action here Axel, both birds with open bills and almost exactly the same wing position. Very good exposure!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Really the open bills make the image!
Nice action and composition too!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool Axel. The hint of clouds is a huge bonus too.

[Bill Sharkey]

Very nice capture Axel. Great action and probably a lot of fun to get.

Bill

[Krijn Trimbos]

Nice going on the vertical crop, excellent action and exposure control, good job showing detail under the wings. Love the open beaks. Cool shot!

[Markus Jais]

great action shot. I like the framing and the open bills.

Markus