Evening Catch

Gallery: AvianPosted June 3, 2011436 views20 comments

Lac LeJeune, BC
I liked the darker "mood" here - at the end of the day with fleeting light and shadows across the water.

D300
500mm
Subject dist: 8.9m
1/1000 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Handheld from moving rowboat
Tiny crop for composition only

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Greg Linhares on June 3, 2011 at 8:58 PM

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! Love this shot!

Registered on June 1, 2011, 10 Posts, 15 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on June 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM

I love the colors here, Sandy, especially the gentle gradation of greens and browns in the head. Interesting action and great detail too. Really beautiful shot.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 3, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Really nice image. Great low angle. Action-this one has it all.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 3, 2011 at 11:41 PM

I doubt the fish feels the same way though ;^)

Beautiful close-up Sandy, also really like the way the rippling water offers a sense of forward momentum :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 4, 2011 at 1:29 AM

Just great, Sandy. Beautiful portrait of a happy bird and the reflections are splendid, the fish is colorful. You've got it all here. Double thumbs up.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 4, 2011 at 8:17 AM

Lovely study Sandy - great detail and I like the little bow wave

cheers
Riob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on June 4, 2011 at 8:40 AM

I think it's a shot a lot above average . Excellent close up.
Giorgio

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Maile on June 4, 2011 at 8:49 AM

Just beautiful Sandy, 500mm HH in a moving boat?? Yowsa. Great capture, lovely water and detail.

Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on June 4, 2011 at 1:04 PM

I like the darker "mood", the low angle , colors on the fish, bow wave action, vivid red eye, and gradation of colors on the head.
Is this full-frame?

Registered on May 26, 2007, 290 Posts, 4270 Comments

Comment posted by David Thomas on June 4, 2011 at 4:46 PM

Spectacular, Sandy, particularly the larger version. I see loons occasionally in the Adirondacks, including being a spotter in the annual loon census, but I have never come close to seeing such a view, let alone getting such a beautiful photograph. Bravo!

Registered on June 21, 2010, 30 Posts, 178 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 4, 2011 at 5:24 PM

I like it too. the red eye is well captured as well as the nice greens in the head and neck. I actually thought it was always blck and wht

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 4, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Beautiful portrait, Sandy. Great low angle.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on June 5, 2011 at 2:29 AM

Great capture- Excellent pose, detail and colours- Well done, Fabio

Registered on December 3, 2010, 90 Posts, 1614 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 5, 2011 at 8:58 AM

Wonderful subjects and action. Like the low angle the close proximity to the loon, the color flow and action. Well done Sandy!

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on June 5, 2011 at 9:34 AM

I like the light, I like the angle. Great shot, Sandy.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by Glenn Woznick on June 5, 2011 at 1:44 PM

Really nice ,Sandy, love the light. enjoying the visual of what Loons eat.
Great photo!
Glenn

Registered on May 7, 2011, 13 Posts, 29 Comments

Comment posted by Neal Cooper on June 5, 2011 at 2:35 PM

So many colors and patterns. Your image is sharp where it needs to be with a nice uncomplicated BG. Well done.

Registered on June 3, 2009, 144 Posts, 306 Comments

Comment posted by antino cervigni on June 5, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Fantastic image. Regards

Registered on April 17, 2010, 70 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 5, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Outstanding shot, the low angle is great. The colors and the fish, couldn't be better,

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on June 5, 2011 at 7:14 PM

Great detail! Like the low angle and the close crop.

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments