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Photographer Marcus Armani  Marcus Armani {Karma:36599}
Project #24 The Decisive Moment Camera Model Canon 30D
Categories From The Field
Wildlife
Film Format
Portfolio Birds In Flight
Lens Canon 400mm F/4
Uploaded 5/5/2006 Film / Memory Type ISO 320
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 959 Shutter 1/2000
Favorites Aperture f/5.6
Critiques 33 Rating
5.93
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Location City -  Redwood City
State -  CA
Country - United States   United States
About These Black Skimmers have just returned to the area. Its always fun watching them skim for food......
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Bikas Das Bikas Das   {K:6544} 5/30/2006
bang ... bang .... bang ...
again and again ....
very nice capture again ....
excellent DoF and color ....
Best,
Bikas

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Andy Radford   {K:680} 5/21/2006
Brilliantly focused. How do you create these pin-sharp, wildlife action shots?

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Robert Chin   {K:22282} 5/20/2006
WOW!!!!
Fantastic shot,very sharp and perfect exposure.
You even get the catchlights too.
7++++

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Hesham Abouzekry   {K:15927} 5/19/2006
more of wonderful professional shot.
by the way my dear Marcus, canon eos 30d is more stronest than eos20d!!!!!!
H.A

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Alicia Popp   {K:87532} 5/13/2006
qué alas!!! y qué colores... estupendas texturas... un encanto de imagen!!

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Meldijana Omerbegovic   {K:4079} 5/11/2006
Hello Marcus,
Excellent capture just in the moment of touching the water..beuatiful colours and composition...very nice work!
Kind regards
Meldijana

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Vasile Florin Vasile Florin   {K:3003} 5/10/2006
Beautiful shot! I see you continued the good work with birds! Also I like very much "Aerial Battle"

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Yamil Saenz Yamil Saenz   {K:12434} 5/9/2006
Wowww, what a great shot Marcus.
Excellent details and dof.
He got really close to you.
Congratulations
Yamil

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Saeed Al Shamsi Saeed Al Shamsi   {K:47735} 5/9/2006
Almost perfect capture with great alert action to get such marvelous moment. a moment never repeat, but you did it with most skillful work.
Saeed

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Guido Tweepenninckx Guido Tweepenninckx   {K:20076} 5/8/2006
great shot above the water.

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Pat Snelling Weiner   {K:1920} 5/8/2006
I always look forward to your images! This is another outstanding one. Thanks for sharing :) pat

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Susie OConnor Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 5/8/2006
Whoa! Great shot Marcus. Excellent action stop as always. A great addition to your portfolio as well.
Susie

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jacques brisebois   {K:73883} 5/8/2006
really impressive capture Marcus, so nice details and colors, great synchronicity with the subject. Very nice shot.

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Aykaan K Aykaan K   {K:13601} 5/7/2006
bonjour Marcus,
une très belle capture encore.. félicitations...

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66407} 5/6/2006
Hi Marcus,
I never even thought about branches or weeds catching their beaks. You can see they have incredibley strong necks. I guess they expect to take a few spills now and then. Now I remember from one of your earlier posts... they skim for tiny organisms, not fish. That makes sense :)
Andre

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Paul's Photos Paul's Photos   {K:35235} 5/6/2006
great capture.. great timing.. I used to see these birds in NJ and delaware.... great work

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Marcus Armani Marcus Armani   {K:36599} 5/6/2006
Funny you should mention that Andre, These guys are much different then they look, there beaks are razor thin, they cannot eat fish only skim for tiny organisms, this guy just happened to get his bottom beak caught on some twigs a few frames after this shot and took a header, I have one shot where his head is pulled back against his chest before he tumbled....

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66407} 5/6/2006
Hi Marcus,
You'd think they would flip right into the water pulling this stunt. Amazing hunters!
Great shot!
Andre

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yasargun muslum yasargun muslum   {K:6647} 5/5/2006
Excellent.........

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z z   {K:7231} 5/5/2006
Perfect timing! you must live in a bird sanctuary! You never fail to show the beauty of the featherd!

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Marian Man Marian Man   {K:80636} 5/5/2006
stunning dear Marcus!!!!!! absolutely amazing capture!!!! great timing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fine in all aspects!!!! bravo!!
my very best regards
Marian

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Dave Stacey Dave Stacey   {K:150877} 5/5/2006
A wonderful capture, Markus! You're timing, focus and composition are perfect, as always! Well done!
Dave.

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Larry Fosse Larry Fosse   {K:66493} 5/5/2006
Super catch Marcus...& excellent presentation as always....he come up with anything??

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Ron Wilson Ron Wilson   {K:18362} 5/5/2006
That is one gorgeous shot Marcus. You know that you can have the best lenses and tripods money can buy but you have the non-monetary elements that make a shot great. A good eye, timing, and controlling your outcome can't be bought. I see a little damage to the wing, great detail in that huge wingspan.

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Jason Mckeown Jason Mckeown   {K:22200} 5/5/2006
fantastic capture Marcus a very interesting looking bird

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Judi Liosatos Judi Liosatos   {K:34047} 5/5/2006
Awesome stuff....the red beak is quite bizarre.

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selami Torun   {K:9397} 5/5/2006
Wow! Great picture Marcus!! Congratulations!
regards

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Yazeed Al Ghuraibi Yazeed Al Ghuraibi   {K:4588} 5/5/2006
wow !!

great shot you have here Marcus !

love it !

Yazeed

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Nicola Barbieri Nicola Barbieri   {K:18000} 5/5/2006
Great capture here!congrats..ciao, Nicola

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Merwyn Kanjes   {K:4227} 5/5/2006
Excellent... great moment
regards, merwyn

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Pawel Kwasnicki Pawel Kwasnicki   {K:9651} 5/5/2006
I’m amazed by the timing, clarity, colors and light of your shots Marcus! Again- perfect moment! Perfect and unusual! Superb!
Thanks for stopping by my shot again, your comments make my heart grow! And I can see how much I still have to learn!...and looking closely at my shots I can see I’ll need a much better lens than the one I have now..
All the best, Pawel

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Omnia Mamdouh Omnia Mamdouh   {K:5107} 5/5/2006
Excellent shot,just on time.Well done

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Mehul Chimthankar Mehul Chimthankar   {K:18655} 5/5/2006
Hi Marcus,

Amazing Shot...great work

Mehul

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