Sept Theme Skimming Skimmer

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I liked how this little guywas skimming ,flying and running all at once. I think he was chewing gum too.
Canon 1DMIII 300mm 2.8L
ISO 400 7.1 @1/2500
I left alot of room front and forward to give way for the run. Is is too much? removed a piece of seaweed small crop

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Cheryl, lovely low angle, and I like the eye contact. Well timed to capture the outspread wings, and the running pose. I like the two tone BG of beach and sea, and I would maybe take a bit off the bottom - a tad above your signature.

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet shot! Nice action, sharp and sweet action. Agree with Stuart regarding the composition.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice Cheryl! I photographed skimmers in NorCal last week but there were no juvis, how cute!!!

[Mital Patel]

this is indeed beautiful image cheryl.

addon to stuart i'll mix up the white patch on right wing edge over the sea to the sea tone.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

this is indeed beautiful image cheryl.

addon to stuart i'll mix up the white patch on right wing edge over the sea to the sea tone.

Thanks for pointing that out , the white patch that is.I fixed that and cropped from bottom as well as a tad from left side

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great pose, low angle, and "skimming" action. Sharp and well exposed. The image screams pano crop to me with about half the empty space below the subject looking willing to get eliminated

[Melissa Groo]

What a great shot, Cheryl. Little one learnin to skim! I love it.
Agree on the comp change and touching up the white area.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great pose, low angle, and "skimming" action. Sharp and well exposed. The image screams pano crop to me with about half the empty space below the subject looking willing to get eliminated

Oooh I like that Dan. A great idea thanks

[Mital Patel]

Cheryl,

to me the recent repost you chopped too much of top and ketp still long of bottom.

here i might give a try like.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cheryl,

to me the recent repost you chopped too much of top and ketp still long of bottom.

here i might give a try like.

Wow I like that one too Mital. Now I'm real confused

[Daniel Cadieux]

Mital's repost is what I had in mind

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Mital's repost is what I had in mind

I'm thinkin that's the one! Thanks so much guys!

[Don Lacy]

Hi cheryl, mitels repost is the one love the pose and the processing looks good

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mital nailed it IMO.

Cheryl, very nice capture....excelle angle...the feel, the bill tip in water, the wings up....excellent timing. nice water color as well. Many things came together quite well.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Hi cheryl, mitels repost is the one love the pose and the processing looks good

Thanks so much Don. I've taken your advice. Also I went with Mitals prepost for final.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent pose, angle and sharpness, Cheryl.
Love the comp in Mital's repost - show-cases the bird nicely.

[Sandesh R.Dhareshwar]

Perfect skimming action pose captured here I also loved the exposure

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thank you

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Great timing. Love the shooting angle and the great eye contact. Very well done.