Avian Captive and Hand of Man IOTW 11/20/2008 Jason Searle

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations to Jason Searle
Banded New Zealand Falcon


On a Recent trip to check on nesting pairs of New Zealand Falcons i managed to get several images of Previous banded raptors within the forest. This one was busy Keking and dive bombing while the nest was being checked, which contained three 25 day old chicks, which we ended up banding.

Canon 1dmk3
Iso 400
420mm
1/1600 @ f/5.6

[Ed Cordes]

I love the outstretched wing and open beak. Congratulations!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congrats, Jason!

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Jason...:cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Congratulations Jason, I like all the outstretched feathers and the framing just a little off-center.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congrats, Jason!!!

[Jason Searle]

Thanks everyone for your comments, this is an added bonus as three of my recent images from my last trip to research falcons have been published in New Zealand Geographic. :)

[Lana Hays]

Jason
Congrats on your IOTW and on published work in New Zealand Geographic. This is a marvelous image!!

[Julie Kenward]

Fabulous image. You couldn't ask for a clearer, crisper photograph. Nicely exposed as well!

[Doug Brown]

Well done Jason!

[Karen Melody]

Nice gesture (wings out, beak open) and absolutely perfect focus, exposure, DOF etc. I wonder if the image would be a little more dynamic if it wasn't quite so centered. In my opinion, shifting the bird out of center and somewhat to the left would have given it a bit of space in front suggesting that it was actively flying forward. Centering our flying images gives a sort of pedestrian "field guide" look which can be a bit static - you are totally free to disagree.
KML

[Robert Amoruso]

Well done Jason.

[Tony Whitehead]

Congratulations, Jason. Well deserved