The Drop

[Dave Leroy]

I tracked the male in and just fired away when it looked like he would drop the vole. The very tips of female's wing were clipped so a bit of touch up and space added to left side and cropped from right. Even at 6 fps it happens so fast that I was happy to get this one.
5DIII, 70mm, f/6.3, 1/2000, ISO1600.

[Steve Canuel]

Neat capture. I like the diagonal of the two across the frame.

[dankearl]

Very cool and tough shot to get!
The IQ looks great, an even tighter crop would look nice with a bit off the top.

[jack williamson]

This is an excellent moment captured Dave! The placement of the birds in the frame and the release of the vole are just right. There seems to be a green cast to the underside if the birds.

Jack

[PhilCook]

Perfect timing, and obviously the lower bird has the advantage in getting the food in this shot

[Bruce Enns]

Great moment captured Dave, nice balanced comp, agree with Jack on apparent colour cast on underwing. So was this an "Oh sh*t!", or a "Here you go Honey" ?

[christopher galeski]

nice timed capture,agree on the cast,magic image.well done.

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks everyone. I had not noticed the green cast. It must be from the wet grass.
Bruce the female is sitting on a nest so the male does double duty right now. It will be interesting to see how busy it gets when the young also need feeding.