Here's one from yesterday evening. In the midlands we only get these on migration, luckily enough for me this ones hung around for while. I managed a few
shot's just as the sun was going down.
Canon 7D + Canon 500mm F4 IS + 1.4 - 1/1250s ISO 400 F5.6
Nice ventral surface wing display,with good detail showing.
I think the bird could go just a touch brighter. Good comp.
Wish the bill didn't merge with the wing edge.
Glad you got a shot at him. Because they can be fairly common in the States, we sometimes overlook what a magnificent bird they are.
Cheers
Randy
PS: Here is a quick version with slight tweak. Slight increase in brightness, opened the shadows to give better separation of bill from wing and to show a bit more detail in the darker areas.
Last edited by Randy Stout; 09-05-2012 at 09:04 PM.