The King

[Mike Lentz]

Taken recently with the aid of a fellow photographer (Stan) who took the time and the due dilligence to get us this opportunity. This male was a fishing fool and here you see him after an unsuccessful attempt shaking off.



Nikon D300 ~ 600mm ~ F/8 ~ 1/1600 sec ~ tripod ~ in blind

[denise ippolito]

Mike, I love the shake-off and how the water drops form a heart around the bird. Nice lighting and beautiful BG.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome capture Mike and the action is superb. Beautiful lighting, sharp and excellent detail and a killer BG. The timing could not have been better !!!

[Julie Brown]

Lovely composition, Mike. The action captured is superb!:)

[James Salywoda]

I like the heart that Denise noticed from the water drops flying very cool.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Mike,
Great capture of action! I love the trail of water drops. The perch is interesting and the background is lovely. A most enjoyable image.

[Bryan Erb]

Really like the action and spraying water you captured. My only very minor nit is I wish the nictating membrane wasn't over the eye.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Way cool, and neat observation by Denise (heart). Personally I would crop some off the left, and wish the bottom branch wasn't so close to the edge. I'm OK with the nictitating membrane for this type of behaviour image. Well done!