Crab breakfast

Gallery: AvianPosted April 29, 2014320 views7 comments

Sanibel Beach, Fl
March 2014

D800
500mm
1/320 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
Hand-held

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 29, 2014 at 9:16 PM

Very nice with the extra feature of the bug -- bird is very sharp

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 29, 2014 at 11:57 PM

On the money Sandy.

In this case I think the flat lighting actually helped you to capture as much detail as you did. I can't tell what kind of crab it has beyond ruling out mole crab which is one of their common prey items.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on April 30, 2014 at 12:47 AM

Great image, very nice moment captured.
I liked it!

Registered on December 18, 2012, 162 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 30, 2014 at 12:50 AM

Nice one Sandy! Were you in the surf for this?

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on April 30, 2014 at 3:26 AM

Wow, Sandy, this is what I call perfection! The composition, background, light, wave action, and best of all, the feeding behavior give this shot everything a photographer would want, assuming they had the skills to take advantage of it (which is not that common). I don't see how this could be any better.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 30, 2014 at 12:01 PM

Superb Sandy love the crab and the salt crystals (?) in the foreground

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

Comment posted by John Robinson on April 30, 2014 at 1:54 PM

Hi Sandy
All been said really.Nothing to add.
Love the crab !
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments