Skimmer

[Michael Zajac]

Canon 1d Mark III
1/1600 sec at f/7.1
EF 500mm ISO 640
Manual



Nicherson Beach

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice flight image, good wing position, defined eye, a hint of the breeding color still left and fish the icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing it, Michael.

[denise ippolito]

Michael, Fantastic flight pose and sharp details! Well done.:)

[Randy Stout]

Michael:

Nice input above. I really like the detail here, esp. the bill and eye. I often find skimmer's eyes are so dark as to not show any detail.

Fish a plus.

Nice plus.:)

Randy

[Jim Fenton]

Like it a lot...you can even see the lateral line down the side of the prey.

Getting the eye on this bird is a big plus since I know with flight shots, sometimes it's not the easiest to do as the eyes are so darned dark.

[Nick Palmieri]

Hey Michael, Nice job. I was working on these guys yesterday as well. I like the wing position and detail on both the top and bottom of the wings. Very sharp and nice BG. I got several yesterday but the distracting surf was in the BG. TFS

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Lovely shot Mike, sharpness and detail look great.

[John Ippolito]

Beautiful flight pose, wing, and meal detail. Nice comp too. Well done Michael.

[Stu Bowie]

Good flying posture Michael, and well exposed. His catch a bonus. Well captured.

[Lorant Voros]

We have seen many skimmer images lately, but non with a fish. Nice light and pose here, well exposed with eye visible. Well done.
Lorant

[Morkel Erasmus]

really is a crackling shot, thanks for sharing! could be use a hint more sharpening to my eyes, but not viewing on the best monitor...

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice exposure and details, eye is super. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I really like the image overall, with good wing positions and a bonus catch. I find the bill looks too light and needs to be burned a bit. As a big proponent of working on eyes, especially lightening irises, I find this one to be a tad too light...I would actually tone down the iris a small bit in this case:).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Wing position, eye contact, exposure control look very good and the fish is a bonus. I might sharpen the bird a tad more.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Michael,
You crushed this one!!! You know I'm a huge fan of action...so the fish is extra bonus points. Sometimes at Nickerson.....with just the right angle.....you get the eye this visible!!!......rare, but that is exactly why I love the 10fps!!! Killer to get him in that BG too!!!

[Michael Zajac]

Thank you Roman and everyone else.