Great Blue Hering.............with an eel in his bill!!!!

I went out back to check out the bird feeder, nothing happening. I turn to go back inside and see him. We make eye contact, and unlike others he stayed put. In fact, as I stood still, he moved to find a spot where I waited for about 10 mins..............I have 20 images of the same scene. I get bored and turn to capture the bird feeder. The I hear a spash, I MISSED IT!!!!

He got a good grip, I took some shots and he flew off to finish his meal. By far the least shy GBH I have run across. With a 100% crop I can see eel eyeballs He was that close.

excellent catch, the head shot, was that cropped or did it right the first time ?

WOW.

I am trying to figure out if that is a snake, fish or enormous leach. Anyways, good shots, you caught the second one perfectly. The posture of the bird mid-air is very appealing to the eye and gives a real strong sense of gliding.

Here is a 100% crop that was 945 pixels wide, taken down to 800 wide.

It was slighly cropped, but not a full crop. Just testiment to this lens, taken at 390mm and only 1/250". Taken at 400ISO too, the IS and better ISO capabilities over the 300D really make me pleased

Way Cool..... Guess that will teach you to turn away too quickly!

---michael

Very cool.

Both are good shots. Clear and focused.

Excellent shots. Must have been a fun day.

Beautiful shots! I still haven't managed a flight shot. I think I'm glad we don't have those eels over here. Or if we do, I've missed 'em so far.

Nancy, your neighbor in Maryland

Love the 2nd one,what a capture.

Very nice shots and I especially like the head shot ...nice detail.

Excellent shots, I think its an earthworm.

Great shots, I like #2 best, nice work

I like the lighting and the DOF of #2. What f-stop was it? One of the best GBH flight shots I've seen. That IS can really help in certain situations apparently.

Great pics.