Namaqua Sandgrouse (female)

[Chris van Rooyen]

Another image of a sandgrouse in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. I had great fun with these guys at a pool of water in the road - the flocks started to arrive every morning at 9h30 and the traffic was heavy for a good hour. The best opportunities however are when the stragglers arrive in small groups after the main throng has departed.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:06:13 091:28
Shutter speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 500mm

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, light, details and BG. I might try to lighten the shadow on the far wing.

[Krijn Trimbos]

I echo Axel's comments. What a great flightshot!!

[Arthur Morris]

Spectacular. Again. Love that BKGR.

[Fabs Forns]

This takes my breath away!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great pose, light,colors and fantastic bg!!!

[Glenn Bartley]

Another stunner!

[Ramon M. Casares]

To me this is just OUTSTANDING, I lovev the pose, BG, sharpness, light and details, colors and eye contact, all looks too good :)

[Loukie Viljoen]

Well done Chris.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Terrific! Sorry, can't add more than that :-)

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Stunning...

[Juan Aragonés]

Excelent image Chris, perfect position and fantastic light. Terrific. Big congratulations

[Aristotle Georgiou]

Fantastic flight shot Chris. love the light, pose and bg is killer.

[Tony Whitehead]

Absolutely brilliant Chris - knowing the speed these things move makes it almost unbelievable!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Lovely warm colours, sharp with fantastic details. Well 'freezed' flight shot.
TFS.

[Geurt Bloem]

Well done here Chris.

[Kobus Tollig]

Super well done

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

You are killing me!!!
Apart this species could be a lifer for me this image is simply stunning. The sharpness is spectacular knowing how fast they fly.
Thanks for sharing it.

Szimi