Skimmer Juvenile

[Michael Zajac]

Canon 1d Mark III
1/1600 sec at f/6.3
ISO 800 EF500 mm Lens
Manual Mode
Hand Held

Nickerson Beach

[denise ippolito]

Michael, Beautiful sharp details and killer pose. I like the seaweed in it's mouth. Excellent.

[Scott Frye]

Sharp wing tip to wing tip - and I like the colors in the beak and foilage -- nothing else to compete with those colors to bring my eyes right into the picture - -nicely done

[Stu Bowie]

Michael, excellent banking pose, with good eye contact. Good sharp detail, and the bit of green seaweed adds a nice touch.

[Joe Senzatimore]

BIF images don't get much better than this. The vertical works well here.

[Arthur Morris]

Agree with all of the positives above. The great dorsal view and upper-wing details put this over the top. The next step to the top is to create these as vertical originals :) I cannot wait to get to Nickerson.

Was this over the colony or the ocean?

[Michael Zajac]

The shot was over the colony.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Michael. I hope to see you at Nickerson.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Great pose, great patterns on the wings and good HA. Lovely!

[Jay Tan]

Nice top side view with the detailed plummage. The seaweed and beak adds more interesting colors in an otherwise color-dull image.

[Michael Zajac]

Jay,the colors shown represent the subjects' true colors.