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    Luckily I have been able to spend a fair amount of time watching and photographing these lovely little raptors.
    They are still in the process of feeding the young and were very active today. In contrast yesterday no feeding observed.
    Funny how changing weather/wind affects their behaviour. Here the female makes a close pass after delivering food.


    CANON 7D, 100-400 ISO 500 F5.6 1/2000
    ACRwith slight adjustments, sharpened, about a 40 crop

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    Nice flight shot, well it from below.

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    Love the under wing detail and high key look.

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    Good feather detail, maybe a bit over exposed. What exposure setting are you using?, evaluative? I find this the most difficult to get right with BIF as the camera will expose for the sky and then the bird is under exposed. Setting the exp comp to +1 or higher burns out the sky details but in PP you could select the bird and adjust shadows & highlights on the sky. I am writing this and hoping others can chime in with there advice.

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    Thanks Joe and Brian

    Forgot to put Manual Exposure and Handheld

    Evaluative being used; Ec +1.66 - difficult with camera pointing to light source from left.
    I am sat in shade, birds approach from in front of me with strong light from their right.
    You can see from this post , she has turned to her left so I am pleased with the shot
    For high key type sky burnout is normal isnt it?
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    Hi Richard!

    Back to Castro Verde? You've done well with difficult light, but I think the body of the bird behind the wing is a bit too blown, as with some of the wing detail - you want to avoid that if you can. You might be able to fake it in PP, but I don't think that will give you much pleasure!

    The light is better in Mertola! I can give you the location details if you wish.

    Best wishes,

    Gerald

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    Hi Gerald

    yes back to CV well I do live 15 mins away lol
    Place in Mertola would be handy - pm me if you wish
    best Rich

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