Morkel Erasmus
12-28-2015, 03:43 PM
Hello folks! I haven't posted in Avian for a while but thought I would get one last one in for 2015 before I head to the Kalahari.
Earlier this year I was hosting a wildlife photography seminar in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve (bordering Kruger National Park) and early one morning we came across an African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) acrobatically hunting for prey in the bark of a dead leadwood tree. It was a fascinating sighting, the bird really put on a display hanging upside down from its talons at times to break off pieces of bark. It was quite overcast but some soft light hit the clouds behind the bird for some colour in the sky.
Eventually, when reviewing the images later, I realised the intended prey was a colony of bats nesting in the dead tree. In this frame there's one in its beak.
I wish all of you a wonderfully productive and creative 2016 with regards to your photography!! :5 :cheers:
Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 | 1/1000 SS | ISO-3600
Earlier this year I was hosting a wildlife photography seminar in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve (bordering Kruger National Park) and early one morning we came across an African Harrier Hawk (Gymnogene) acrobatically hunting for prey in the bark of a dead leadwood tree. It was a fascinating sighting, the bird really put on a display hanging upside down from its talons at times to break off pieces of bark. It was quite overcast but some soft light hit the clouds behind the bird for some colour in the sky.
Eventually, when reviewing the images later, I realised the intended prey was a colony of bats nesting in the dead tree. In this frame there's one in its beak.
I wish all of you a wonderfully productive and creative 2016 with regards to your photography!! :5 :cheers:
Techs:
Nikon D3s
Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
f5.6 | 1/1000 SS | ISO-3600