Bickering Skimmers - Interaction for Sure

[Michael Stern]

From Marco Island...a contribution to Interaction series....:)
The skimmers were skimming and doing some aerial acrobatics...
it was late in the afternoon and there was a large storm brewing
to the east...dark clouds made a nice BG; the storm never made all the way to Marco..
Whew!!!
Thank you skimmers...!!
All suggestions and comments welcomed...
Best,
Mike

Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Focal length: 400mm

[caseyargall]

Wow, what a capture! very nicely done. well done on capturing the moment.

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

Mike, that's just perfect interaction! Nice exposures, and well done!
Don

[Dan Busby]

Very nice Michael. Definitely interaction of the un-love kind. The looming dark clouds really set off the white undersides of the birds. Good composition. Interesting that the top bird has its legs hidden while the other's are exposed.

[Grace Scalzo]

Michael, That steely gray sky sets this one apart. Great image for this series!

[arash_hazeghi]

interaction is very nice, you got great light and a great BG and both birds in focus. Birds look a bit processed and lacking in detail, maybe a tight crop or too much NR? also the blue between the primaries of the left bird's left wing have a different color than the BG, I guess you missed this parts when you were processing the BG.

TFS

[Fabs Forns]

Good points made by Arash, nothing like young eyes :)
Great interaction, they do fight a lot when there's so much feeding going around.
I would also use a little less contrast, so the whites are no so light and the blacks not so dark.
Thanks for being part of the project :)

[stuart wanuck]

dynamic duo nicely done