I can see you!

[Richard Flack]

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Ok, back to the more usual shot (after experimenting (possibly unsuccessfully) with a landscape one).
This must be one of my favourite Lanner shots from a recent trip to the Kgalagadi. This is the only time I got him looking up.
Look forward to your thoughts as usual. (Thanks again to all those that take the time to comment. I really appreciate it... even my photoshop has slowly started to improve thanks to all the help :))

Location: Lijersdraai Waterhole Polentswa Waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Date taken: 11 June 2013
Photo details:
Canon 7D, 400mm f2.8
ISO 500
Shutter speed 1/5000
F stop 5.6
Exposure bias -0.3
Crop - 70% of original size, sharepened for web, improved shadows & small colour/vibrancy stuff

[HadiAnsari]

Hi Richard.Wonderful photo of a wonderful subject.It is difficult to photograph birds in flight, unsurprisingly.TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Very interesting head turn, looks good, Richard.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Wonderful flight shot, with a unique HA! Nice pleasing & complimentary BG too.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Unusual pose! nice light and soft-coloured bg, thanks for sharing.

[David Salem]

Nice Richard, you are really nailing these shots. This one is nice and sharp and is exposed well too. A unique HA with the upward stare and a cool wing position add to the frame. I like the smooth tan BG also.
Very well captured. Were these shots taken in one spot during one session or did you see them in more than one place?

[vishaljadhav]

one beauty of a image
the head angle is unique

[Richard Flack]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Really appreciate it!
David, I took some of the lanner shots over a 3 day period (3 sessions) at a waterhole called Polentswa in the Kgalagadi. There were two juveniles here that had made the waterhole their home and I got lucky with having the place to myself and getting some decent winter light. The sandgrouse (and some other lanner falcons) photographs were taken over 7 mornings at the Lejersdraai waterhole in the north of the park. (I have quite a few of these that I still need to show... got a ton going on at the moment so processing is happening in stages :). Thanks for your kind words and for taking the time! Cheers. Rich