Skimming

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2011217 views11 comments

Black Skimmer at Bolsa Chica, Southern CA

D300s
500mm
1/1250 sec, f/7.1
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 500
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO
Flash: Off

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on June 17, 2011 at 2:27 AM

congratulations Sandy to both of you, I would say three thumbs up (but I don't know how to do it just with two.......ha ha ha) a-mazing moment

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 17, 2011 at 6:47 AM

Wow! I doubt that this was an easy shot, well done Sandy, very unusual perspective on a Skimmer :^)

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

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on June 17, 2011 at 10:10 AM

A cool image from a perspective I've not seen.
If this image were minus the bg strip, for me it would be over the top!
Very nice as posted.

Registered on October 19, 2006, 306 Posts, 1571 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on June 17, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Great perspective and very good timing. Well done!!!!

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 17, 2011 at 3:43 PM

Neat head-on perspective here Sandy, does this image need a little cw rotation?

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 17, 2011 at 4:34 PM

Very cool, Sandy. I don't think I've ever seen one photographed from this angle.

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

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on June 17, 2011 at 5:41 PM

Exceptional frontal perspective that creates a very special composition.
I would try to accentuate the symmetry by eliminating the top .
Congrats.
Giorgio

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

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 17, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Interesting point of view here. Nice wing symmetry. Hope you were able to get out of the way.

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

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 18, 2011 at 3:39 PM

I like this head-on view.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 18, 2011 at 5:24 PM

A cool view for sure Sandy. Well done.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Angela, the image was taken from a low footbridge, so I didn't get skimmed!

The skimmers pull up at the very last moment and soar a few feet overhead - quite cool!

Nate, I think the bird is plumb vertically and perpendicular to the water - it's just the shoreline behind that is off-level.

What do others think? It's always hard to tell with images like this....
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments