Skimmer Skirmish

[Arno Ellmer]

These African Skimmers were engaged in aerial combat above the Okavango River , North Western Botswana, when I was lucky to capture the moment.
Canon Mk IV
500mm f4 + 1.4X
f/7.1
1/2000
ISO 500
EC +1/3
Image cropped
Shot from a boat , handheld

[Mike Milicia]

You caught some great action here with two great poses!

Maybe a bit oversaturated, especially on the open bill.

[Doug Brown]

Pretty impressive capture Arno! Awesome interaction, nice exposure, and you got both birds sharp.

[DanWalters]

Great action. Like the position of the bird on the left.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Great capture !! Sharp , great action !!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction, great that you got both sharp

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent image! Would go a bit less with the saturation - especially in the sky.

[Per-Gunnar Ostby]

Excellent action. very nice indeed

I agree on the slightly over-satursated beaks

[John Guastella]

Fantastic capture with extremely dynamic action. Point about over-saturation already made above (sky, bills, feet). In addition, I would like to see the birds a bit higher in the frame. Also, you might try to bring out more detail in the lower bird's right wing (actually the whole image might go a bit brighter...).

John

[Todd Levine]

Nice picture. Great detail and action. I agree that the bills look a little over saturated.

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you all for the constructive and positive comments.Comment about over-saturation noted and I will revisit and re -process . Thank you