Brown Falcon

[Richard Mc Donald]

http://nhulunbuy.com/bf.jpg
Canon 1D MKIII EF 500 f/4 ISO200 f/8.0 1/1250

Since the Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) infestation started here some 2 years ago the number of raptors in the area has dropped right off. This was the last sitting of these beautiful Brown Falcons.

C and C more than welcome.

Richard

[Dan Walker]

Neat bird. I might lighten up the image and crop a little off of the right side. Sad to hear that cane toads are still causing so much trouble, I'm working on my time machine...

[Arthur Morris]

Love the fanned tail and you did well with d-o-f considering the quite steep angle to the bird and the over the back post.

I would surely crop this to a SQ from below.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the look-back pose and fanned tail and wish only for a lower angle. Would backing up have been an option?

What is the connection between toads and raptors? Do the toads decimate the number of rodents?

[Richard Mc Donald]

Thanks Axel.

The Cane Toad was introduce into Australia in 1935 to control Scarab Beetles. a pest to our sugar cane indusrty. They have poisonus glands.

Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia

Richard



I like the look-back pose and fanned tail and wish only for a lower angle. Would backing up have been an option?

What is the connection between toads and raptors? Do the toads decimate the number of rodents?

[David Thomasson]

I like the fanned tail and the skinny perch. The colors are a bit anemic, but nothing that curves and selective color can't fix.
(I'm not recommending this crop. Just did it to save space for posting.)

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5046/falconm.jpg