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18-JAN-2017 davev

1st Place: Fish, it's what's for dinner

Canon EOS 80D ,Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C
1/1000s f/6.3 at 600.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Jan-2017 09:43:38
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 80D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length600 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.67
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Canon Image Challenge24-Jan-2017 04:01
Thanks guys.
davev.
Earl Waud23-Jan-2017 22:31
Amazing capture.
Excellent sharpness in the bird's head and of the fish, in what clearly is a moving target.
Very well done.
-Earl
Guest 23-Jan-2017 01:53
Outstanding. Merganser? I can practically see that fish writhing in its bill.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge19-Jan-2017 14:04
It's really not all that tough. Like anything, you just have to go out and practice every now and then.
My buddy was standing next to me using a 7DII with a Tamron 150-600 II, and he has pretty much the same photo.
The real secret, go to where you have a better than even money money chance for the shot.
In this area, there is one Hoodie. We know he shows up every day, we know he goes to the far side
on the open water, and we know how he fishes. Flying with the fish, that was a little twist on the norm, but we were
both ready.
In some ways the swans are tougher. Their wide wing span adds the fact that while shooting, you have to zoom out
to try to not clip the wings, same when they do their wing stretch. I have a lot of shot with clipped wings.
davev
Canon Image Challenge19-Jan-2017 13:42
I agree with Traveller. Birds in Flight (BIF) are among the most difficult to shoot. In addition to the technical shooting skill, it requires a knowledge of where to be and when, and then a lot of patience for a subject like this to show up.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge19-Jan-2017 06:16
This is one of your absolute best...imo...everybody can shoot a swan, maybe not as well as you...but we all can do it...this image is however different....I am not sure anyone but you could make this capture.

Traveller