Veteran surfing photographer Kem McNair was busy doing what he does—shooting surfers—when he caught sight of something through the viewfinder he'd never seen before. It was a spinner shark, jumping clear out of the water right behind two surfers. Of course, he had to defend himself against suspicions of Photoshoppery. (But I wonder, will he Photoshop the shark out when he presents the pictures to his clients? Just kidding.) See the pictures and video at his website.
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Mike (Thanks to Kem)
Featured Comment by Tom Clifton: "I had a similar shot this past spring. I was shooting a red-shouldered hawk that was flying around. I finally got it in focus and squeezed off a few shots. When I uploaded the shots, I discovered that one captured a crow dive-bombing the hawk. I never saw the crow in the viewfinder."
I wonder if Kem McNair was tempted to photoshop out the boat on the left?
Posted by: Will | Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 09:54 PM
Tom, how about that one then? ;)
http://www.tarsiger.com/images/komi/mako_004.jpg
N.
Posted by: Nick | Friday, 18 July 2008 at 04:47 AM
What is the buteo carrying?
Posted by: Andrew Kirk | Friday, 18 July 2008 at 11:36 AM
Nick, I have seen that shot before and it is amazing. A quick calculation based on the size of the magpie suggests that the eagle isn't too big, even though it looks huge.
Andrew, I think that the hawk is carrying nesting material (though I am not sure I would want to build a nest where there are crows around).
Posted by: Tom Clifton | Friday, 18 July 2008 at 03:59 PM
Crows hassling hawks. I see that all the time around here. Why do they do it?
Yeah, I know I'm kind of off topic, but crows are really interesting.
Posted by: Robin Dreyer | Friday, 18 July 2008 at 06:32 PM
Robin,
Agreed, crows are very cool birds. Not sure why the mob raptors, but they do it whenever they can. It's in their genes.
Posted by: Tom Clifton | Monday, 21 July 2008 at 08:54 PM