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Kobus Tollig
10-19-2009, 06:53 AM
Hi all. I have been very busy the past 3 months and i hope to be here more often now. I had the joy of seeing them fight for about a 2 min. Shutter worked overtime here:D

Canon 40D
Canon 100-400mm @320mm
SS 2000
F7.1
ISO 800
Ex Bias 0

Taken near Johannesburg\
All comments & crits welcome
Marc Mol
10-19-2009, 07:35 AM
Great interaction portrayed Kobus, with vibrant color on the 2 birds, the BG sky looks a little too intense however.
David Fletcher
10-19-2009, 08:06 AM
Superb interaction Kobus. Great to get both tack sharp too. Well done.
Harshad Barve
10-19-2009, 08:27 AM
superb interaction and awesome colors of this KF ,
Very well done here
TFS
Jim Fenton
10-19-2009, 08:40 AM
Neat subjects and excellent interaction.

HA isn't perfect, but I don't think it matters here...the interaction between the two KF makes the image.

The sky does look too dark on my end and perhaps you could lighten the underside/ left side of the uppermost KF a bit?
Manos Papadomanolakis
10-19-2009, 10:37 AM
Great interaction,poses!!!
Kobus Tollig
10-19-2009, 10:42 AM
Thx all for the great comments appreciate it.
Its not sky is Water in the bg. Thx
Stu Bowie
10-19-2009, 01:40 PM
Hey Kobus, great interaction between the two, and both nice and sharp. Comp works well, and overall, well captured.
Ákos Lumnitzer
10-19-2009, 03:13 PM
good to see you back online Kobus. :)

Well captured moment, I wish to see more from this series! Agree with Jim regarding the lightening of the underside of the wings of the left bird. Very cool interaction!
Marc Mol
10-19-2009, 04:29 PM
Thx all for the great comments appreciate it.
Its not sky is Water in the bg. Thx
My apologies Kobus, that color did look a bit unusual for sky.
Juan Carlos Vindas
10-19-2009, 08:08 PM
I agree it looked like sky. Welcome back Kobus.

I only wish the perch was not broken. Great interaction here.
Kobus Tollig
10-20-2009, 04:00 AM
Thx all for the great comments and the suggestions. Appreciate it lots