The Itch

[Marina Scarr]

Photographed this Black Skimmer satisfying his itch. They seem to exhibit this behavior quite often while flying which I always find comical.

Canon 1D3, Canon 70-200L F4 IS @ 200mm
F8, 1/1600sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Handheld

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com

[Randy Stout]

Marina:

I think skimmers are pretty comical looking at all times because of their unique bill, but this one takes it up a few notches!

Excellent exposure, very sharp on the face, very good eye detail for a skimmer, the horizon line is soft enough and the crop tight enough, that the placement of the horizon line isn't a problem for me.

Cheers

Randy

[DarrenMcKenna]

Really nice action and timing here Marina. Wonderful "I'm in a scratch" carefree pose. Detail and light are good, love this image.






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[Nancy Bell]

Excellent! I really like how the catch light in the eye, the red bill and scratching leg are all clustered together in the light, drawing your eye in. You certainly captured a fabulous pose.

[Troy Lim]

Excellent shot...great moment for sure.

[John Blumenkamp]

Amazing image Marina! What a unique moment captures, and so well executed... congrats!

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Excellent exposure! I love detail on the eye and the black feathers. The moment is indeed comical :)

[Ofer Levy]

This is great! Lovely pose and perfect exposure control! If anything maybe a bit more room on the right.

[noelle zaleski]

Great timing Marina!

This is a wonderful and comical image

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Wish this was mine !!! Cant say anything more .

[Chad Caswell]

Love it Marina Great job with the 70-200 and perfect timing on this one.

I pretty sure that behavior translates to.. Oh Sh^&t I just missed that one LOL

[Melissa Groo]

Awesome moment you've captured, Marina. Hard to believe the bird was actually traveling, you've frozen it so well, with startling clarity and great techs on every level. Never seen anything like this shot; truly special.

[D. Robert Franz]

Great capture of some interesting and funny behavior.....

[Herb Houghton]

Sweet shot Marina. I love the colors and sharpness in this one. The slightly open beak and both feet visible adds to this one. Nice catchlight too.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Marina this is way freekin cool and I think we were together when you got itcause I remember you saying that you got the itch Hee. Love that you got that eye open as well. You did some nice PS work in getting the colors and contrast so nice.

[Craig Brelsford]

A lesson on how images with character have wide appeal. The horizon line is a non-issue with me, but I do find a tad unfortunate the distinct shadow on the bill, and even that's not a big thing, and in any case something you couldn't do much about. Otherwise, all systems go.