Image taken at Giant's Castle Hide South Africa. A little canvas added on top and left
Nikon D3
500mm F4
F 7.1
ISO 1000
EC =+1/3
S/S 1/2000
Ec set for Black Ravens but Buzzard so quick I was unable to correct on camera and adjusted in RawAttachment 96178
07-07-2011, 07:39 AM
Daniel Bailey
Still a great shot... what a color pattern!!!
07-07-2011, 09:39 AM
Satish Ranadive
Splendid action capture.Loved the wingspan and details.
07-07-2011, 10:42 AM
Sachin Saraf
Fantastic shot...looks like light was harsh but you did great job...
07-07-2011, 10:50 AM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Dudley, beautiful bird, great pose frozen(loved that wing and tail spread) and excellent shooting angle. Exposure also looks fine.
I can see some evidence of the canvas extension....this is a hard one to extend. If you clean up that evidence by some cloning, it would look nice. If mine, I'd crop from a bit from the right.
I am thinking the camera did not track fast enough as the grasses behind the bird seem a bit sharper. Still, an awesome shot. Well done.
07-07-2011, 11:30 AM
Stu Bowie
Good landing pose Dudley, especially seeing the full wingspread. In a perfect world, to have captured this a frame earlier, that he is against the distant mountain BG would have been even better. I agree with KD that the evidence of extending the canvas is visible.
07-07-2011, 12:38 PM
Wynand van Wyk
Lovely landing image captured! Like the detail and action. Ditto on the evidence of expansion that is visible.
Like the wing pose too. Well done!:S3:
07-07-2011, 07:02 PM
arash_hazeghi
nice intense landing pose it is a bit soft however
07-07-2011, 07:18 PM
Karl Egressy
Great wing and tail spread and the bird is well positioned in the frame.
07-08-2011, 02:00 AM
Dudley Watson
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Thank you all for viewing and commenting. Your input is appreciated. Canvas expansionhas been adjusted as per attachedAttachment 96235
07-08-2011, 12:58 PM
Nico Steenberg
Great sharp detail. Like the incoming pose. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours against a killer bg. Well done !
07-08-2011, 11:57 PM
Dudley Watson
Thanks Nico for viewing and commenting...Much appreciated