Goosander fight

[Attila Seprenyi]

Spring is coming slowly :) Males are fighting giving opportunities to get action captures.
I like this one because the frozen moment but wish for some eye contact.
Canon 1DMKIII+500/4IS+1.4x 1/1250sec f/5,6 ISO200 slight crop on the sides and bottom.
Critic and comment are most appreciated!

[Tony Whitehead]

Dramatic action - very dynamic image with the poses and flying water. Good low angle and lovely light. The only thing that would be nicer is if the eyes were visible. Good job, Attila.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great action,light...details!!!

[Myer Bornstein]

Agree great picture with action details and yes it would have been nice to see eyes but it is still a great picture

[Paul Lagasi]

Wow.. these two really going at it..nice capture, action, water spray..TFS

[thijs broekkamp]

Wow! Amzing action picture!

[Jim Crosswell]

Incredible action you captured here. I like the water drops and the twisted body of the Goosander.

[Randy Stout]

Attila:

My first criteria when evaluating an image is: Impact. The action here and composition scores very well on that scale. Yes, would prefer better eye contact, but the impact is strong as is.

Fine capture.

Cheers

Randy

[D. Robert Franz]

The image sure gets your attention. As other have mentioned about eyes but overall I like it!

[Attila Seprenyi]

Thanks for the comments! In fact on the previous frame i got pretty good eye contact with one of the birds but there is no spread wings so i still like this one better because of the spread wings.

[Markus Jais]

A great shot of this fight. I have never seen Gooseanders fighting so intensively as in your shot.
Great wing spread and splashing water.

Markus

[Morkel Erasmus]

agree with Randy - the impact of the action makes this. nicely framed too - is this close to full frame?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

WOW!! incredible shot. Ofcourse the fight is awesome and the poses and the water droplets....but getting all this at this nice low angle makes it even better. Action photography at its best.

Since they are having a serious go at each other. flapping wings and all, it might look better with a tad more space around. Minor point really. As-is, its quite spectacular.

[Attila Seprenyi]

Thank you for the comments.
Morkel, it´s about 3500 pix on the longer side from the original 3888 pix.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Dramatic moment captured. I don't mind the lack of eye contact. Like it as it is.
The level is really nice.

Szimi

[Attila Seprenyi]

Thanks Szimi!