African Skimmer

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another image from my recent trip to the Okavango Delta. Sadly these birds do not breed in South Africa anymore, fortunately they are still fairly common in the waterways of the Delta.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:10:29 0667
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Tv
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Focal length: 700mm

[Doug Brown]

Very pretty Chris! Great eye contact and beautiful water make for a nice image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretty neat to see one with water reflecting green :-) Nice low angle.

[Javier Ramos Pérez]

Very good image, excellent in every way, I like the composition.
My congratulations.

Javier Ramos
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[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely job as usual, Chris. Light, BG , flight angle and light angle. I especially like the low shooting angle.

[Terry Sohl]

Sweet, sweet light and water. Couldn't ask for more...

[Robert Amoruso]

This works well for all the reasons mentioned - light, lower wing detail, FG and BG colors, low angle, angle to camera.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Standing ovation! I love everything here, the pose, the light, the ambient/BG, the great level of detail, all is just terrific! Congratulaitons!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, details and colors. The water looks a bit noisy on my monitor.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments everyone, appreciated!

[Marc Mol]

Great pose, details and colors. The water looks a bit noisy on my monitor.

Best get that monitor looked at Axel ;), looks fine on mine.
Well done again Chris, great capture.
Cheers
Marc