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Roseate Skimmer

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 13, 201576 views5 comments

Native to the Americas, and one of the most aggressive insect predators out there..

I did see it eat a very small fly, but that shot didn't work out. I've read that they will consume insects near their size, hope to get lucky one day.. Hope springs eternal crying

F/22, 1/200th, ISO 500, 5DM2, 300mm f/2.8 + 2x ext. with fill flash.

Technique: This was shot around 11:00am and sunny, clear. To overcome the hard light I used a 2 stop camera bias, and pumped up the flash slightly to fill in..

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 13, 2015 at 9:16 PM

Wow, Howard. Amazing subject detail and color. Expertly captured and artistically rendered DF, espcially the use of the fill flash. Lighitng is perfect. devil devil

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 14, 2015 at 7:50 AM

Nice and sharp with an unusual belly view of this skimmer. Background is nice, but dark. The thumbnail does not show much separation of subject and BG, but was pleasantly surprised with the larger views..............................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 14, 2015 at 10:59 AM

Roseate Skimmer eatin' a bug. It's headed away which I didn't like.

And a bigger bug would be nice enlightened

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 14, 2015 at 11:12 AM

Beautiful Howard devil

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 14, 2015 at 6:09 PM

Howard, you've got excellent details in this skimmer with a good variety of subtle colors especially in the thorax. The dof that the flash lets you get looks great especially in the far wings against the lighter background.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments