Ladies Day

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:

Otis tarda
Great Bustard females captured today on the road to Salto, a small hamlet in Portugal's Alentejo.
Presented here in pano, it is a biggish crop but I think really shows of the magic of the Montado and Pseudo step.
These birds are Europes heaviest flying birds. A resident these are sensitive to human approaches and are an endangered species.
Along with these beautiful birds was also a group of endangered Common Cranes!
Canon 7D
100-400 MAXED
F 8
1/1000
HANDHELD
MANUAL EXPOSURE
DISTANT SUBJECTS

Rich
A Happy New Year too!

[keith mitchell]

Richard I had one trip there a few years ago and was lucky to see these magnificent birds ,hope they are still there for generations to come. I like your pano crop very much.

Keith.

A very Happy New Year to you.

[adrian dancy]

I think you did will well. I have visited the location and did not manage a view such as this.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image of beautiful birds in panorama composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

This really works as a panorama, Richard. Great job getting them all together considering how skittish they are.