Whip-poor-will

[Glenn Bartley]

I havent seen this species posted much?? I was fortunate enough to be in their presence earlier in June and managed to get this shot which I am very pleased with. What a cool experience to be out in the forest and hear these birds wonderful call all around :)

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: On
ISO: 800
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS USM

[Lorant Voros]

Hi Glenn. Indeed there are not many photos going around of this species and this one is a very nice one. I especially like the eye. Can you give us some details about your flash set up?
It is always a pleasure to see your photos. It would even be nicer to see them in a larger form; like 1024 pixels on the longer side.

Lorant

[Richard Unsworth]

Something extra special with this species. I have seen them in the dark in Panama, Boquete, and heard them, wonderful
Fantastic shot the color, detail and pose are superb, tfs

[Sachin Saraf]

Wonderful capture Glenn..really nice pose, HA, BG..light looks good on bird but the whites on perch can be slightly toned down further.

[PhilCook]

We have a similar bird here called Spotted Nightjar that is my bogie bird, I have heard them calling in the bush sometimes, and have searched for miles and not yet seen one....basically I'm saying....I'm green with envy !

Maybe tone back the brights on the rock, but great score

[Karl Egressy]

Great capture, Glenn. It is so hard to see one never mind taking a picture.
I can see that you use the same size as you do on NSN.
I have two versions in these days; an 800 and a 1024.
The larger size looks much nicer I think.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool. Indeed we don't see many of these posted...but not many see any at all! Beautiful photo, perfect techs.

[Nelson Mena Alfaro]

really nice bird and really hard to get a shot like that