Juvenile Chanting Goshawk

[Ken Watkins]

Not to sure whether this is Pale or Dark, it has been identified by others as both?

Taken in Kwando concession, Northern Botswana, 1st July 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

F7.1, 1/1250, ISO 400, EV +1/3rd

[Kiran Poonacha]

Classic one Ken, loved the pose and the Bg works well, nice expo.. congrats..

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely image , nice exposure & BG
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good looking raptor, and I like the windswept feathers. Nice BG with the smooth clouds at the top half. I do wish for a less steep viewing angle.

[Phil Ertel]

I like the diagonals that the perch and the pose of the bird introduces into the image. In my opinion a less steep angle would have made this a stronger image.

[Mital Patel]

beautiful shot. nice sharp, good exposed, superb contrast with bg.

[Brian Barcelos]

Also agree with whats been said about the steep angle and a little more head turn towards you would have improved this image. Never the less this is an outstanding photo of a beautiful bird. Exposure is spot on and I like the perch. Congrats

Brian

[David Fletcher]

Steep angle has already been mentioned Ken. Otherwise, this is quite superb! VWD

[Erich Stevens]

Ken,

Sure, it's low angle but the sharpness and detail put it over the top for me. Congrats!

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice detail and head tuen adds to the image, I ditto the steep angle.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the kind and constructive comments.
With regard to the steep viewing angle I agree that it would be nice if birds and raptors in particular sometimes perched at a lower level, unfortunately this rarely happens.
Whilst the perfect game viewing vehicle has yet to be designed I can now add to my wishes for opening panels at a lower level the provision of a "cherry picker".