Augur Buzzard, Laikipia, Kenya

[Loi Nguyen]

Another image from my Africa trip. I was photographing a Long Crested Eagle on this perch when this Augur Buzzard flew in and took over the perch. Lucky for me since I had been trying to approach him a few times before without success.

1DX
500f4 Ii + 2X III
1/1600
f10
ISO-1600
BLUBB Bean bag from safari vehicle
Manual exposure

Appreciate your comments.

Thank you

Loi

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Very cool image Loi! well done esp with the 2X on...

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely portrait! details, comp & exp are very good.

[shane shacaluga]

Wonderful looking buzzard. Impressed how thick its talons are. Poor rodents! :D

Details look good and eye is sharp

Have you tried lightening the head especially the dark side to make the other eye visible?


Thanks for sharing Loi

[Ritesh Nangare]

Awesome bird Great details all over the bird and perch....great shot using the 2x converter.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Beautiful raptor with nice feathers detail.Very well exposed. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Another excellent image from your trip.Wonderful IQ,beautiful lights,colors,details.
Love the pose,feathers details,eyes and great composition with nice BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Loi, good intense stare, and this pose shows off the cheat area and feather detail very well. Comp works well, and just enough perch to not being over-powering. You were probably in a vehicle, but asking the driver to have moved to your left, may have given you more of an angled shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good looking individual and nice perch. vertical comp works well. i agree in moving left, if possible, and if not then waiting for the hawk to turn its head its left (our right) to minimize the heavy shadow on that side of the face.

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot.
I really like the ruffled up feathers, nice feather detail, and nice perch.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Nice shot Loi. Good job with the exposure as the whites look real nice and there is allot of detail in them. I like the puffed pose and the perch also. Maybe a better HA would have been better but this looks fine to me. Well done.