Yellow billed stork

[Dave Barnes]

Captured just afer the catch. Got one of the catch but his bill was under the water and I preferred this one.
Did not take him long to swallow the catch. Yes it is a pity the fish's head was facing the wrong way.
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/3200
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 400

[Harshad Barve]

Man-o-man
this is super shot , HA of fish do not bother me at all , How I wish this was in my files
TFS

[Nevil Lazarus]

Fabulous picture, Dave. I like everything about it.
Regards,
Nevil Lazarus

[Ofer Levy]

WOW !!! FANTASTIC !!!

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent exposure Dave, and the detail is pin sharp. Love the leaning pose and the raised leg, and of course, his catch a bonus. HA of the fish doesnt come into this. Great image.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great shot Dave. Awesome detail in whites and caught the peak of the action. Love that eye contact!

[Geurt Bloem]

Lovely image Dave with excellent exposure, sharp subject and good eye contact. HA of fish notan issue for me at all.

[Morkel Erasmus]

as Geurt would say - "rice krispies"

this is so sharp, exposure great, low angle working well...I don't mind the fish direction at all.
also Lake Panic?

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved this Dave, Nice details, light and the raise foot adds well.. the fish sure is the topper to this.. congrats..

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It is sharp. I like the eye contact. I don't mind that the fish is facing the other way. A fine image. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Jan Wegener]

stunning image. Perfect in every way for me :)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great capture Dave! Like the pose, composition & exposure.

[Jim Crosswell]

Really sharp image with excellent exposure! Well done.

[Suzanne Huot]

Everything about this stunning image looks pretty perfect to my eyes,H/A of fish doesn,t matter to me ,I would just like to have taken this image myself

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments, they are all appreciated.

[Isak Pretorius]

Head of the fish not an issue IMO. The light, angle and uncluttered image makes this very striking. Excellent photography Dave!

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Isak, appreciated.