Faster than a speeding bullet...

[Todd Frost]

Caught this guy in a dive from his perch heading for a vole.
D300, 400 w/1.4tc, 1/1000, f4, man exp +2ec.
Thanks fo looking, comments and critiques appreciated.
Todd

[Chris Korman]

He looks determined. Nice sharp capture, I wonder if its possible to pan and have a little bit of motion blur to allude to the speed, I don't know how well that would work, but I'd be interested to hear about the practicality of that option. Reflecting on it further it'd seem to only work if a) there is something in the background to actually blur, or b) there was a flash that fired rear curtain. though I don't know your range to the bird.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Super sharp and nice diving pose. :) Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the high key look, the bullet look, and the nice view of the face. I guess that the fully folded wings might have been preferable. All in all a memorable image capture.

[Colin Driscoll]

Top shot! Did it get the Vole? I'm interested in Artie's comment about the wings being fully folded and I wonder if that would ever be the case. Surely they need some wing for aerodynamic stability and control to the target.

[Ken Watkins]

To capture this must have been really difiicult, well done:cheers::cheers: