Anhinga spearing fish

[Dave Mills]

(Note: Dave accidentally posted this fine image in Out of the Box so I took the liberty fo copying it here. Artie)

Seeing the previous version gave me the idea to show this. It was shot at Waco in Jan. I cropped the image this way since I liked the water trail behind the subject.(I also have it cropped more conventionally) Not sure of the composition on this version.
Nikon D300 500mm F/4 1.4 TC -1/3 comp
F/8 1/2500 iso 800 Tripod mtd

[Dave Mills]

Oops...Looks like I posted this in the wrong forum.

[denise ippolito]

Dave, That's a big fish! I like the composition with the inclusion of the water trail, so often they get cropped out as do the water rings -Great eye contact on the Anhinga-

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Dave,
Simply beautiful a plus 10 in my book...no more, no less...well done...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

wrong forum or not, that's a cool pic!! nice capture. he's looking at you very proudly!!

[Fabs Forns]

I like your choice of crop, unconventional, of course :)
I had not seen spearing through the mouth, cool!

[Julie Kenward]

I love the comp! Yes, normally you'd want the bird on the right side of the frame but with that water trail you have to make an exception! Beautiful image Dave!

[Arthur Morris]

As noted above, this is a beautifully designed image. Nice light, perfect head angle, beak open, and a lovely boil of water. Wish only that the fish were more pleasingly oriented. All in all, a very strong image. You could not have done any better.