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Appreciate all the great comments. Skimmers are truly amazing animals and challenging to capture while fishing. They are the only bird with their bottom beak longer than the top and often fly in unison. I love their elegance and unique beauty. Thanks again.
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This is my pick of the bird shots. Fantastic!
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Finally an interesting bird shot.
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This is a really great capture. Thanks for sharing.
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I think that if the space were empty in front of it instead of behind it it would be a more powerful shot. Great color in the beak though.
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Nice background of water. Interesting behavior. Great red on beak.
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Cool shot... you photographed animal behaviour nicely.
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why, why, why didn't you submit this as large as you could? you cheated yourself, for sure.
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Perfect timing. Right place right time. - 9
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At least an 8 for capturing this , fantastic. To be honest I have seen better shots(head on symmetrical composed shots) that this, still the timing is great, 8
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oh I love how it looks like just sky on the top half and water on the bottom. very good capture.
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wow this is amazing... i love the composistion and colors
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Detail is great. The action is great.
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Outstanding nature shot. Great timing. 9
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Wow cool action shot. I like the skim. Awesome work.
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Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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Very good capture, good timing.
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Way to freeze the moment. Nice shot.
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:)) great moment... it looks like it crashed to the water
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very good action shot!! nice colors
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Ah you birders.... a fine action shot 7
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Not a bird I am familiar with. You have caught the Skimmer in an interesting (and I imagine characteristic) pose, which is always a bonus in natural history photography.
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Nice highlight of the red in the beak. Solid clarity for stop action. 7.
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Excellent capture with good colors and a nice sense of depth
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nice catch! focus and color work well together
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Delightful capture. Very beautiful. 8
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Great timing, the line on the water makes this shot
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really cutting the water! awesome capture. 9
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Lovely bird, nice reflection. Great to see the water drops.
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hehehehe, looks like he's stuck there..... :) Something however loses it for me, maybe it is too static....?
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What a fantastic capture! well done!
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Cool capture. What is he doing?
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Very good capture bird fishing
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wow, what an amazing capture ... did he get his fish?
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looks like a burn and crash...excellent focus...just a little soft on the wings but colors are really good
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Extraordinary capture, congratulations!!
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Dreamy sort of image. I like the composition and I've not seen one of these before (never mind in action) so this is especially enjoyable for me. I like bird shots ;-)
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Great action shot, just wish there was a little more sharpness to the bird but still a great shot
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fantastic timing on this shot, great stuff
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Great capture ... a right place / right time sort of photo.
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Great capture. You couldn't have timed that any better.
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I can't say this is my favourite image in the challenge, but nonetheless it is a fantastic capture, great technicals.
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Nice timing and good title.
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Nice one! I love the red beak. Great reflection. He is going out of frame and that is my only bad thing I see here with the picture but you have some nice detail.
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wow! great capture! love the red in the beak
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Well capture, if you had caught it with the fish it would be a 10.
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Wow. You have motivate me to get out and start shooting as i have always wanted to capture something like this.. Thank you, and well done.
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Such precision! Look at the front part of that beak - just a fraction of an inch above the surface. Very cool capture. Some slight loss of detail, likely from motion panning, but a great photo nonetheless. Good luck!
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Nice shot...excellent timing!!!
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what a capture, the water is so clear, you've got a great reflection, action shot which is so sharp, the color of the beak and the line he's made in the water, awesome
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crap... this is awesome !
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Such striking color on the mouth.
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Great timing! The water looks like the sky.
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Great action shot. Your timing on this was perfect! Like how the water has good detail in the front but fades out the further you look.
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