Juvenile Caracara with prey

[Eric Diller]

Caracara eating some other birds foot! I was able to get with in 15 feet...shot from the ground on my belly!

Nikkor 200-400mm F4 lens



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[Randy Stout]

Eric:

Really makes you wonder what happened to the prey? Looks as big as the caracara based on the foot.

Nice light, well exposed, sharp, good shooting angle. Just a bit tight for my taste.

Please post your camera and setting details, helps with the critiques and learning.

Cheers

Randy

[Paul Lagasi]

Nicely done, colors, exposure, sharpness..agree its a little tight in the frame...

[Grace Scalzo]

Wow, I'm glad that the prey was not wasted, but at the same time, I feel a little ill. I think that the story would have been just as well told had you pulled back a bit. But nice and sharp and colorful.

[thijs broekkamp]

Amazing behaviour picture! That foot! You got really close, i saw you were on 280mm i would have zoomed out a bit or step back a bit.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Nice image. Foot looks like it might be a young Eagle?

[John Chardine]

I think the talons on an eagle's foot would be a lot larger than this Bill.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Right you are John. Ive got Eagles on the mind. Been seeing too many little ones.