Black Falcon

[John Cooper]

During one of my sesssions photographing the Whistling Kite feeding, a dark image came zooming into the frame scaring the living daylights out of both the kite and photographer!

It turned out to be a Black Falcon (a very rare sighting in my neck of the woods) and unfortunately I was zoomed in on the kite so the frame suddenly became very congested!

The Kite soon found itself in quite a predicament - I'll share that image with you in tomorrows post :w3

EOS 7D, 100-400mm lens at 400mm, 1/1000 sec F8, ISO 400, natural light, tripod, hide.

[Ian Wilson]

Great action you captured here John! Given the circumstances, it would be churlish to be too critical. I look forward to the sequel. Well done. Regards, Ian

[David Salem]

Great action John and what a beautiful falcon. You guys must have been blown away when this guy came in. Good job even getting it in the frame. Look forward to the next frames. Well done

[Marina Scarr]

That must have been some amazing behavior to witness and you did well to stay calm enough to capture it. Looking forward to the next frame.