Black Buzzard

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Australia only has 1 species of Buzzard - The Black Buzzard, critically endangered and endemic to Australia. Possibly don't breed at all in times of drought (Geez - we have had 13 years of drought in lots of regions).
Somtimes hit by cars as they feast on roadkill.

This fellow is a captive - guess you would have to be very lucky to see one in the wild these days.

D3
Sigmonster @800mm
F7.1
1/1250th
+0.3EV
200 ISO - :D:eek::cool: Bright Sunlight AL - bird not going anywhere

Very close to full frame - sharpened a tad. Could possibly crop some from the bottom!!

Comments welcome.

[Gus Cobos]

Well done Lance,
I like the sharp details and color rendition on the bird . good head angle and eye contact. I like the expression and the prominent eye...good show...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Lance, Another beauty-good detail and HA -eye looks real good!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Beautiful Colours and complimenting BG. I think I would crop from the bottom a bit because to me the chest area is competing with the face. Nice and sharp Lance!

[Alfred Forns]

Good looking bird and thanks for the bg info !!! Sure wish the best for them.

Don't know what they actually look like in person so its tough to judge, would reduce saturation a bit? Excellent !!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hey Lance, this is a beautiful portrait full of lots of details and the colors are excellent.
Regards,

[Harold Davis]

that's a beauty lance! excellent details and a real mood in that eye!