
Air Snatcher

by Art Cole
Title
Air Snatcher
Artist
Art Cole
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A Laughing Gull attempts to snatch a fish in mid air from a Royal Tern as it flies back to its nesting site with a small fish from the shore of the Atlantic Ocean at Huguenot Park Beach in the City of Jacksonville Florida.
This image earned a first place finish in the Fine Art America Contest: "Contest - Gulls And Terns" on 10/9/18. It also was juried into the November 2018 Nature Visions Photo Expo at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University, Manassas VA.
This image earned a third place finish in the Fine Art America "Seagull Contest" on 4/19/21
This image has the honor of being featured in the Fine Art America groups:
"Created By Southern Artists" - 6.16.18
"Images that Excite You" - 6/16/18
"Art District" - 6/18/18
"A Birding Group - Wings" - 6/18/18
"Pure Nature Photography" - 6/18/18
"Wild Birds Of The World " - 6/19/18
"Your Very Best Photography" - 7/14/18
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June 15th, 2018
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Comments (25)

Jane Selverstone
Congratulations on your win in the Gulls and Terns contest. This is a spectacular capture! l/f

Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your win in the Gulls and Terns contest, Wild Birds of the World Group. 35 votes! LF

Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous action photograph of a Laughing Gull stealing a fish from a Royal Tern, with great colors, clarity, and composition, Art! F/L/Voted!!

Deborah A Andreas
Awesome capture of this Air Snatcher! And now I know what this Gull's name is. Thanks to your description. l/f

William Tasker
::blink::: Wow! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F

Dawn Currie
Art, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! This is a truly exceptional image!!

Don Columbus
Congratulations Art, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet

John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"