Jackal Buzzard launch

[Dave Barnes]

This was made 49 seconds after the image I last posted. (landing shot)
He did not stay for long.

Canon 1D mk3
Canon 500 f4
ISO 640
f6.3
SS 1/1250

[Isak Pretorius]

Lovely posture. I like the intense look and the sunlight catching the eye. Nicely done! Looks like you guys had a good time at Giants?

[Stu Bowie]

Cool pose, with great eye contact Dave. I like the ruffled feather detail from the top of the wings, and the colours in the BG are amazing. Well captured.

[Doug Brown]

I like the disheveled look of the bird's plumage. I wish the eye contact were a little better. The BG is nice, but I would tone down the rocks a bit.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome flight pose in this capture and I love the composition with the clean BG and the touch of rock in the lower left. Congratulations Dave and many thanks for sharing.

[Juan Aragonés]

Love the head turn, BG and pose of the bird. The rocks in the lower left corner are a very good balancing element in the composition. I think that the image show little contrast instead of the fact that the light seems to be very intense. Did you run the highlight/shadow filter on the image?
Very good job :-)

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments.
Juan I did reduce the contrast with shadows/highlights.