A while back I posted another photo one of these. This time I cropped a little tighter.
Shot with Nikon D200, AI Nikkor 400mm f/3.5, 1/2500, f/8, ISO 800, handholded.
With the poor light angle the underwings are much too dark. Flash at 1:1 with a Better Beamer often helps reveal the beautiful underwing detail in these situations. Very sharp with nice wing positions and COMP.
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Thanks for the comments!
Axel, this birds like to stay in the ground during the day, and I was walking towards a spot to photograph another birds, absolutely unprepared, when some 30 of these started to fly a few meters from where I was. I had +2 compensation, but nit wasn't enough. This was as much detail I could get from the wings without raising too much noise. Hope to get a chance of photographing these gusy again and get it better
Artie, I'll get a Better Beamer, thanks for the tip :-)
Ñacunda nighthawk (Podager nacunda)
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