 | | Photo by Marian Dragiev | | "The photo was taken at Mountsberg Conservation Area (70 km from Toronto) during a live birds of prey presentation at their Raptor Center. I used a Nikon D7000 set at aperture priority of f/7.1 with a Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 lens at 220 mm. Since the light condition was not favorable I had to use relatively high ISO of 400 to be able to get the minimum speed of 1/320 (necessary to get clear shot, lens has no image stabilization feature and any way I would not use it for action shots). I helped myself with a Manfrotto monopod to get good stability. The presentation was nothing less than amazing. I was moved by the bird's grace and power and how it was obeying the keeper's commands. The loud warning scream the bird made was provoked by a photographer who tried to get too closer (we were only several meters away). I was constantly watching the bird's movements on my camera's viewfinder when I noticed the tense look in its eyes which was immediately followed by the threatening cry. At that point I pressed the shutter which was set at high speed continuous mode and captured several photos in sequence. Finally, I used a software to clean the noise, to adjust exposure, colors and sharpness." - Marian | 
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What was the set up to take the shot and how did you know when to start shooting?
I got this shot while on a shark expedition near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. We were on a boat a few miles from shore when we saw this shark lunge for a seal about 180 feet from the vessel. It missed the first time but not the second, bursting like a space shuttle through the spray with the panicked seal in its mouth. Following the entire event through my lens, I clicked off six shots when the shark came up. The first three were blurry as the camera autofocused, but the last three were money shots. This photo was the second of those three.
What equipment and settings did you use?
I used a Canon 7D with shutter speed of 1/2500 and an Fstop of 5.6. My lens was a Canon 70-200 zoomed to 165 mm. My ISO was 800.
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