Migration birds fighting for food, a photo from Serres, Macedonia

Photographer's Note

After a few years, I am back in TE, a beloved community! Kerkini lake is located in Northern Greece. It is an artificial lake created from a dam that was supposed to withhold water for the dry summers but also to dry some lagoons due to malaria, in the 50s. Nowadays the lake is a very important transit station for migration birds. Some of those birds are the pelicans that love fishing in the shallow waters of the lake.

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willperrett (14075) 2018-02-12 12:20

Hello Nikos

Fancy seeing you again! Welcome back, especially as you have brought with you such a great photograph. I assume you were in a small boat, or maybe on a jetty, and lying down to get as close to water-level as possible. And to have caught the fish in mid-air was brilliant: serendipity, razor-sharp reactions, or your camera set to burst shooting! Sky's saturation looks a tad artificially ramped up to me - and what's that black line in the top left-hand corner?

Regards

Will

poutnidis (175) 2018-02-12 13:52

Hello Nikos,
this is a very interesting catch of a unique moment.
I can feel the rush of the birds towards their beloved fish.
Well done,
Antonis.

jimmyjimmy (5552) 2018-02-12 19:33

Hello
Almost a comical look here at these birds. tack sharp and full of action. Did you throw the fish? if you did...it worked. Nice

Jimmy

jemaflor (136232) 2018-02-12 23:30

Hi Nicola,
Bravo ! Excellent photo with all these birds and the fish in the air ... taken at the perfect moment, nice sharpness and reflections on water, tfs.

ricardomattos (15490) 2018-02-13 9:22

Fantástica esta foto. Excelente timing. Ótima nitidez e cores também.

Parabéns

Ricardo

ktanska (40491) 2018-02-13 9:56

Hi Nicolas,
A shot with perfect timing and quite intensive action. Pelicans look quite funny and it's great to see so many together. Fantastic low angle and perfect sharpness.
Kari

GyurMaster (21731) 2018-02-13 11:02

Hello Nicolas!

Excellent composition! You caught the moment very excellently!

Best Wishes,
Gy

mkamionka (62204) 2021-01-14 12:42

Hi Nicolas,
what a stunning photograph! Birds are always particularly difficult to photograph. Here you captured them so perfectly sharp and in amazing poses while fighting for the fish.
The highest quality photograph here! The water is so nicely patterned in the foreground and at the back we see snow covered mountains which smoothly go into the attractive sky.
Excellent work!!
M

I see you posted this photo in 2018 writing that you come back to TE after an absence. I suppose you noticed that the site is dying, many functionalities don't work anymore and not many people are active anymore :(