This was taken in the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. For afternoon photography here in the winter it makes for great side&backlight photographing raptors against the mountain background. The jackal buzzard is a beautiful raptor with loads of charater. I was very fortunate to have had this opportunity and would like to know what you think of this.
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Last edited by Isak Pretorius; 07-15-2008 at 11:52 AM.
Excellent pose and eye contact. While the backlight shines through some of the feathers, I would have preferred if the sun would have been behind you. Keep them coming!
Wonderful flight pose and it is awesome to be able to see the topside. The backlighting is nice but I agree with Axel on having the sun behind. Thanks for sharing.
I like this one quite a bit esp. the framing and the COMP. With the back light, the upperparts of the bird look unnaturally light with too much detail I am not sure if my repost is any better or more natural???
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