cthomas

21/12/2012
Mai Po 米埔
Hasselblad CFE350 + APO1.4XE + 7D
ISO320 f11 1/1000s

kmike

Wow - weird!

wilsondring

nice shot but can someone explain why he is upside down?

EricB

Perhaps Thomas will be in a better position to explain.
From here, the bird isn't actually upside down.
We are seeing the upper wings/back and a strong clockwise rotation of the birds head to catch the fish (and tail to  stabilise/assist the bird during the twist).
It is such an amazing rotation of the head that you might predict that the bird has to roll 360 degrees to complete the manoeuvre.
Great photo.
Eric

[ Last edited by EricB at 26/12/2012 04:17 ]

cthomas

Thanks for all reply!

Before its positon like this:


I think it wanted to adjust the fish position in its bill.