Three Black Skimmers sweep above a massive wave at dusk, on the hunt for evening prey. They fly low over the water with their bills open, and their lower mandibles slicing the surface. When the lower part of the bill touches a fish, the upper part instantly snaps down to catch it. I made this image with a long telephoto lens (350mm) from the town pier at a very fast shutter speed of one two-thousandth of a second. This fast shutter speed allowed me to freeze the plume of spray at the top of the big wave, as well as stop the skimmers in flight. I advanced the light sensitivity of my sensor to ISO 6400, which allowed me to use the very fast shutter speed as well stressing the granular texture on the surface of the wave. These waves would be the largest and angriest I saw during my month in Imperial Beach. They were caused by a hurricane over Mexican waters.