That Bites

Gallery: AvianPosted December 27, 2011256 views15 comments

I love to capture snowys fighting. Got this one bighting his beak fighting over a fish this past September Ft. Desoto beach.
Canon 1DMIII 300 mm 2.8L IS lens w1.4x I would have lioke more view of the one eye but happy with what i did get.
HH cropped to about 60%of original

C&C always Thanks

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15 comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM

Great action shot-terrific title.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 27, 2011 at 1:59 PM

Great stuff !!
JohnR

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 27, 2011 at 2:12 PM

Ouch

Great behavior action shown here Cheryl, I especially like the flared head feathers. Sweet Catch

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 27, 2011 at 4:31 PM

Cheryl, I may going out tomorrow and see if the Snowys here are fighting a bit. I would love to get this kind of image and would hope to come close to your techs. This is great. Exposure of the whites is right on and I like the small wave at the bottom bg.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 27, 2011 at 6:26 PM

Thanks everybody. Harry make sure you aren't too close as they like to jump high. I missed a few good ones cause I was too close. They were missing there heads LOL.

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on December 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM

Terrific capture of the action going on here Cheryl,and looks like a perfect exposure on thos ehard to nail whites.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 32 Posts, 240 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM

Love this photo. Snowys are fun to watch when they are aggressive, although I have not seen a pair sharing their aggression. Usually one chases the others off. Their wet legs and water drops in the air beneath them add dimension to the shot.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on December 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM

Great action, Cheryl. The little water droplets are very cool and always cool to get this kind of behavior so well in focus. Yeah, eye contact could be better, but this is good too. They were busy.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on December 28, 2011 at 8:23 AM

When they stretch and jump I to have lost shots without heads/ legs/ wings .
Lovely action Cheryl and they are fun to watch with there stupid antics

Happy new year and sucsesfull birding

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM

Excellent capture on this one Cheryl! Love the action and the beak bitting is awesome! Perfect specs!

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 28, 2011 at 12:29 PM

Great capture of peak action. I really like the flying feathers on the heads.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 28, 2011 at 7:21 PM

Wonderful action and I like that all parts of both birds are sharp. I'm not bothered in the least by the fact that we can't see the eye of the bird on the left. I am curious about your SS here...