Lanner Falcon

[Alroy Willis]

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx115/Alroy/LannerFalcon-2.jpg

Giants Castle

Canon 1D MK II N
Canon 500mm f4 IS
ISO 320
Shutter speed 1/3200
Aperture f5

[Arthur Morris]

Love the sky and the look. And the bird. As this would seem an obvious candidate for a tighter crop I am guessing that it is already cropped a bit. Correct?

ps: Welcome!

[Brian Barcelos]

Welcome to BPN Alroy, Excellent wing and tail spread. Head angle is great and I love the BG. I too wish he was a bit bigger in the frame. I hope to someday photograph all these wonderful Raptors I'm seeing from S. Africa. Congrats

Brian

[Ramon M. Casares]

Welcome!
My only suggestion would be to give the image a Panoramic crop, given the pose of the bird IMO it would work better. Nice light, species, BG and colors.
Congratualitons!

[Harshad Barve]

Big welcome to BPN , Another vote for pano crop
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

welcome Alroy - good to see you here as well.
lovely pose, BG, head angle and exposure. another vote for tighter crop if it is possible...

[Loukie Viljoen]

Alroy you were wide awake to get the Lanner at Giants Castle, well done, have not seen you at Randburg for a while, is school keeping you busy.

[David Fletcher]

Welcome to BPN Alroy. Crop mentioned, but lovely angle and back drop. As mentioned, done well to get this from GC, as normally I see only Buzzards, Vultures, Ravens and Jackals. WD!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Reminds me of the time when Lanners were regulars at Giants Castle..:-) Welcome Alroy, great background, nice light, wish only it was a tad bigger in the frame.

[Alroy Willis]

Thanx all for the C&C, much appreciated

[philperry]

This shot looks great as it is. A tight crop would create a nice portrait, but it would lose the sense of habitat. The out-of-focus Drakenburg mountain background with winter-colour highveld grasses, places the lanner firmly in its mountain habitat.