I photographed this fledgling Nankeen Kestrel on the North West Coast of Western Australian. On previous days, I had watched him in the nest (an old pipe sitting under an Osprey nest. His mother had been busy catching lizards and in between he would flex his wings and practice for that first drop. On this day I found him on the ground after seeing that the nest was empty.
I have cropped to a square format as it seemed to work for this composition. I didn't go too tight as I like the OOF tones of the grass land behind. Some of the twigs are a bit distracting and could use some work.
Shot details are Nikon D200 300 F2.8 VR lens handheld. 1/1000 @ f7.1, 320 ISO. Shutter priority - single area focus.