Gull with snake!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

It`s a common Gull in Greece Europe catching a sea snake!
This shot is taken in 31/10/07 in Moronis sea in Greece
Canon 40 D Canon EF 500mm f/4 1.4x TC
1/1000 f 5.6 iso 320

[Jim Poor]

That had to be fun to see. Great action and behavior capture for sure. I wish I could make out the snake more clearly, and I'd like a little bit more room ahead of the gull in the direction of movement.

[Dick Boone]

Wow! Talk about perfect timing! I am curious... Was this a single image or the best of several exposures taken at high speed? I don't know the FPS speed of the D40, but I can say that either way, I wish this image were mine. If it were, I'd increase the contrast slightly and submit it in the 800px to show the details better. (I tried this in PS and for me it works.)

God bless.....Dick

[Arthur Morris]

Wonderful capture and perfect COMP. (Is the above a crop?) I too wish for 800 pixels and a view of the snake. Do you have any others that clearly say "snake"? Looks like there is a slight magenta cast...

later and love, artie

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Unfortunately,I have only this shot without wings!!!
The first shot is not cropped

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wonderful action you captured and great timing. I really love images like this and the repost certainly gives us the sense of the size of the sea snake. Thanks for sharing this exciting capture. Nits mentioned!!

[Jim Poor]

Wow, that's quite a catch.

[Dan Elster]

fantastic and original image!

seeing the snake more clearly would be nice, but it is what it is.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

:eek: Great action Manos! Obviously it could have been beter technically, but this is not an opportunity that you can plan for or try over and over agian (unless the gulls inGreece catch sea snakes all the time...) Very well done!!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very interesting behavior shot. I've never seen this before. Thanks for sharing.

[Bill McCrystyn]

You know Manos, I'm not sure the image "without wings" doesn't work. I think that image says it all and the point of it - doesn't need anymore wings than it has, to convey it. This is not a chum shot, this is real behavior rarely if ever seen, never mind photographed. Can you treat us all to an 800 pixel rendition?

[Peter Llewellyn]

Personally I think I prefer the image with more of the snake - from a biological point of view I think it is the more powerful of the two

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, I am glad that I took a second look. The second one is amazing!

later and love, artie

[Grace Scalzo]

I agree, the second one, with wingtips clipped works well. Great work.

[Bonnie Block]

Manos, the second one is "the" image. Great actions and pose. Amazing!

[Phil Colla]

I like them both, you captured some excellent behaviour, well done.

[Lana Hays]

Manos
I'm so glad that I ventiured over here and saw this one. Magnificent action.......and a fantastic job of capturing the moment. Given that I have a fear snakes.......I'm impressed even more.......and give a nod of approval to the gull as well.

[Robert O'Toole]

Thanks for sharing very interesting image.

Robert