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White-tailed kite with breakfast
Had to jog about 50 yards with the 600 and by the time I found a halfway decent vantage point the meal was mostly consumed. Would have like to get more to the left but couldn't. They hang out in very tall trees and this is 20% of the original full frame.
Canon 5D Mk III, 600mm II + 1.4X III. Big Gitzo with Wimberley II. ISO 1600, f/9, 1/3200 sec. EC +2/3. Should have gone to ISO 800; didn't need all that shutter speed but had been anticipating flight of a juvenile from another tree and was afraid this one would take off when I approached so didn't take time to change anything. Basic LR adjustments (Shadow and Highlight) then to PS CS6 for very minor BG cleanup and Neat Image NR, but with proper exposure the noise here was surprisingly low.