"Fish Toss"


Posted by David Salem on Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:01 am

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Been having a fun time trying to catch Terns in fun and different poses. This is a Elegant Tern doing a fish toss. They perform this technique to remove seaweed and debris from the just caught fish.
They climb up after they catch the fish, toss the fish up in the air, then skillfully catch it and then eat it on the wing. Pretty fun to try to capture. Hope you like it.

1DX---600mm---f6.3---ss1/4000---ISO640---HH@6:15am---35% crop.

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

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by sirianul on Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:11 am
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Just perfect, amazing.
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by KK Hui on Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:42 am
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Stunning pose and very well captured, David!
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by jacques on Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:33 am
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Amazing action shot !!!
 

by Karl Egressy on Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:23 am
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Having seen the one with up wing pose, it is hard to choose between. I like them both very much, David.
 

by yaki zander on Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:04 am
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Superb shot!
 

by RLK on Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:09 am
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Awesome capture David!
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by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:26 am
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Wonderful, entertaining moment. What fun!
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by David Salem on Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:31 pm
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Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.
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by mikullashbee on Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:36 pm
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Wicked action shot David!!
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by George Whalen on Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:48 pm
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by jerryb on Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:05 pm
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Cool pose and action.
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by rbielefeld on Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:54 am
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Love it! No nits from me.
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by David Salem on Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:26 am
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Thanks again everyone for the comments and thanks to the editors for choosing my picture. I am honored.
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by Gaurav Mittal on Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:33 pm
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Great shot, fantastic flight pose and catch. Well deserved editors pick.
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by Juan Carlos Vindas on Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:49 pm
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Very well deserved David!
Love the pose the bird is giving and all the action around it. Truly, a great moment indeed.
 

by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:05 pm
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Very cool behavior image. I've shot lots of Elegant Terns and have never seen this.
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by Doug Brown on Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:29 pm
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Fantastic frame Dave!
 

by Angela McCain on Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:22 pm
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This is exceptional.
 

by Ken Lassman on Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:37 am
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Love the forward wing position...great capture
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