Caught!, a photo from Tasmania, East

Photographer's Note

This shot may have been an uninteresting shot of a couple of unremarkable seabirds (Crested Terns - I think) except that both of them happen to have just pulled fish from the sea.

It was taken from the Jetty at Bicheno. There is a small fleet of fishing boats there and hundreds of these birds nesting on an island maybe 50m off shore

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JanD (0) 2008-02-19 1:44

Howdy Stephen!
Amazing flight. A nice pair. Wonderful moment. Wonderful shot. Original dynamic take.
Regards!

smarcell (19965) 2008-02-19 1:52

Really a nice capture. Both birds with a fish.
Technically perfect.
Stefano

mimagica (645) 2008-02-19 1:54

Hello Stephen,
it is absolutely fantastic.
Regards
michelangelo

jorgi (3810) 2008-02-19 4:17

Hi Stephen,

now this is one excellent shot. It looks like a mirror or reflection of one bird with a fish, but wings nicelly show that we are looking at two birds of same appearance with same catch of the day. With great placement of this motive to the right you give them enough space to create this freedom feeling of birds being kings of the sky with great moving impact. Excellent!

Kind regards,
Jeri

johnfreeman (2274) 2008-02-22 2:03

Hi Steve,
This is great! For a while I couldn't believe it was for real, the symmetry is so perfect. Even the fish seem to be mirror images! The framing works very well and the lines in the water create a strong sense of motion, as though it's slightly panned (though I don't expect you'd get much of a panning effect at 1/500 s). The focus is pin-sharp exactly where you need it, on the head of the nearer tern and the fish.
Very nicely done.
Cheers,
John

Photo Information

Copyright: Stephen Harnett (SteveH) (8220)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-16
Categories: Nature
Camera: Konica Minolta Dynax 7D, Minolta AF Reflex 500m
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Australian Native Birds, UNESCO World Heritage in Oceania [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-19 1:39
Favorites: 1 [view]