We found this goshawk in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the middle of the day. What I love about the Kgalagadi is the way that the sun reflects off the white(ish) sand and illuminates the birds so well from underneath when you shoot during the middle of the day. The goshawk was sitting on a branch about 30 meters away and we waited for a few take-off shots. Eventually it did take off and flew right towards us and over the car to investigate something on the other side next to the car. As we photographed the take-off the bird got bigger and bigger in the frame and this photograph is almost full frame. I was very impressed with the Mark 3's AF to get the head nice and sharp for a series of almost 20 photographs. All comments welcome!
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