Sparrow hawkand Prey No2

[John Robinson]

Sparrow hawk and Sasnd martin.
A different head turn from the previous shot of this bird.
Sparrow hawk with freshly caught Sand martin. This happened about 20 foot in front of the hide and I managed to get a few shots. Several people have seen these and they seem to go for this one with the hawk looking down at the still struggling martin. I don't know - it will be interesting to see the reaction. As i said before I am not usually soppy but I did feel a bit odd for a while.
D200 Sigma 50-500

Crop from horizontal
250th @f8 ISO500
Cheers
JohnR
Thanks for comments on last pic

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent soft light and nice colors, John. Great action shot and the way it is presented is not disturbing but still telling the story.

[Ramon Reyes]

Great catch John, nice head angle.

Just like you I'm not too crazy about seeing a struggling prey, just my opinion.

Ramon

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love it! The only thing that could make it better is toning down the bright area in ULC. All else looks fantastic.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all.
Daniel. I presume you mean the OOF Thistle/ Easily sorted, Cheers
John

[William Dickson]

Another great frame John. Everything looking good. I liked the first one better though. When the sparrowhawk was eye balling the prey. Nice work again..

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Way cool shot John .
TFS Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

John, I mean the larger whitish area at the top left. I like the pink oof thistle!

[gail bisson]

Pretty impressive frame John!
Not gory to me. Tells the story of life and death.
Love all the environment you included.
Gail

[John Robinson]

Thank You
Here's a repost.
Cheers
JohnR

[Ivan Ellison]

Great action shot, nature in the raw, Like the repost if has a bit more punch to it, Great natural bg totally un-setup shot which for me adds a lot to it.