Ok, back to the more usual shot (after experimenting (possibly unsuccessfully) with a landscape one).
This must be one of my favourite Lanner shots from a recent trip to the Kgalagadi. This is the only time I got him looking up.
Look forward to your thoughts as usual. (Thanks again to all those that take the time to comment. I really appreciate it... even my photoshop has slowly started to improve thanks to all the help :))
Location: Lijersdraai Waterhole Polentswa Waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Date taken: 11 June 2013
Photo details:
Canon 7D, 400mm f2.8
ISO 500
Shutter speed 1/5000
F stop 5.6
Exposure bias -0.3
Crop - 70% of original size, sharepened for web, improved shadows & small colour/vibrancy stuff
07-14-2014, 11:24 AM
HadiAnsari
Hi Richard.Wonderful photo of a wonderful subject.It is difficult to photograph birds in flight, unsurprisingly.TFS
07-14-2014, 01:51 PM
Karl Egressy
Very interesting head turn, looks good, Richard.
07-14-2014, 02:30 PM
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar
Wonderful flight shot, with a unique HA! Nice pleasing & complimentary BG too.
07-14-2014, 06:53 PM
Juan Carlos Vindas
Unusual pose! nice light and soft-coloured bg, thanks for sharing.
07-15-2014, 09:24 AM
David Salem
Nice Richard, you are really nailing these shots. This one is nice and sharp and is exposed well too. A unique HA with the upward stare and a cool wing position add to the frame. I like the smooth tan BG also.
Very well captured. Were these shots taken in one spot during one session or did you see them in more than one place?
07-15-2014, 12:30 PM
vishaljadhav
one beauty of a image
the head angle is unique
07-15-2014, 12:41 PM
Richard Flack
Thanks for the comments everyone. Really appreciate it!
David, I took some of the lanner shots over a 3 day period (3 sessions) at a waterhole called Polentswa in the Kgalagadi. There were two juveniles here that had made the waterhole their home and I got lucky with having the place to myself and getting some decent winter light. The sandgrouse (and some other lanner falcons) photographs were taken over 7 mornings at the Lejersdraai waterhole in the north of the park. (I have quite a few of these that I still need to show... got a ton going on at the moment so processing is happening in stages :). Thanks for your kind words and for taking the time! Cheers. Rich
