Anhinga Flip

[Roman Kurywczak]

Taken at Wakodahatchee Wetlands this Jan. Spent half the morning chasing this shot as he was pulling these tiny fish up and flipping them in the air. 2 seconds from the time he pops up till the fish is gone. Captured only 1 good sequence at 10fps with the Canon Mark 3 tripod mounted with Wimberly head and the Sigma 300-800mm lens at 536mm. ISO 800 at f9 and 1/1000th of a sec. Minor bottom crop and right.
As always, comments welcomed and appreciated,
Roman

[Jim Poor]

I just love these shots with the fish in mid air. Great timing for sure.

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent timing Roman !!!! Got a smoking full breeding plumage bird Well composed and exposed Great seeing the fish in midair !!! Wish the one big leaf on back of the bird was not merging with neck !!! Excellent image !!!

[Doug Brown]

A fun shot Roman! It's rewarding when you know the shot you want and you're able to capture the moment like you have here.

[George DeCamp]

This is all about the action and you captured it well...congrats!!!

[Judd Patterson]

Roman, this is a beauty. The fish flip combined with such a great breeding plumage female Anhinga is outstanding! The soft lighting here works well too. Wonderful work.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the action,details and light!!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome timing and capture !!! The breeding colors are gorgeous as well as a very lovely composition. thanks for sharing Roman !