Aplomado Falcon vs Mourning Dove

[Shawn Marques]

This Aplomado falcon belongs to a good falconer friend of ours. I apologize for not being able to crop in more, as this chase happened very far off. I know it's not the best image, but I just wanted to share the action with everyone! The jesses and telemetry were cloned out.

BTW, the falcon was victorious! Thanks for looking!

Canon 40d, Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
1/3200s @ f/5.6, ISO 400, 840mm
Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, Wimberley head
Taken late afternoon

[Lana Hays]

Shawn
It may be a large crop but for the most part it's held it's own....but oh, if you'd only been closer. This is a wonderful action image.....and can only imagine what the next few seconds entails. Well done.

[Alfred Forns]

Great action and I thought Plomsy would be victorious !!!!

Must have been a treat to watch !!!