Jackal Buzzard

[Mark Dumbleton]

I've been a bit quiet on BPN lately, but hope to get back into it.
Image captured at the Giants Castle Hide in the Drakensburg, South Africa.
Light very hard, but liked everything else about this image.

1DMK3
600 f/4
ISO 640
1/2500 sec
f/5.6

[Michael Zajac]

You handled the lighting well. I like the pose and the details under the wings are very good. Pleasing BG and I like the inclusion of the rock-it goes w/ the pose.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool incoming pose - love the dangling feet, and the eye looks great. The rock in LLC would have been even better had it not been so OOF. Still, very strong effort!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great pose on the bird, don't mind the strong light here. Excellent colors on the bird too,
the yellow talons are great.

[David Fletcher]

Handled the light here very well Mark. The inclusion of the rock adds context and the bird is sublime. Well done.

[Harshad Barve]

Bang on exposure , liked the compo , BG , and pose very much
TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The angle, eye contact and dangling feet make this one for me. I would tone down the feet and raise the color temperature a bit. I'm undecided about the rock.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Light seems a little harsh but you managed to get great level of detail out of it, so congratulations for that, nice and different pose, lovely color, BG and comp. Species is great as well. Congratulatons!

[Arthur Morris]

Quality of light looks fine; the somewhat uneven lighting is bothersome to me. IAC, you must have just about had a heart attack when you looked through the viewfinder and saw this.... Spectacular pose and BKGR. The rock might look better blurred more. Keeping it in some form is probably the best plan.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Really nice image. Love the dangling feet and expression of face. Killer BG. The rock has been mentioned.

[Keith Bauer]

Wow... This has some serious impact. Nice capture. Love the bird and background. Nicely done. Rock discussed already.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Many thanks Folks! This has to be one of my favorite Raptors to photograph!

[Dave Barnes]

Good one Mark. I like the sideways look, it hides the dark side of the face.
Ditto favourite raptor.
Good comp and pose.

[Hendri Venter]

This is such a great pose with the dangling feet. The BG is supurb and you handled the light very well. Congrats on this Mark.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Nice sharp flight image. The pose is great, the dangling feet especially. The BG is great and I prefer leaving the rock as it gives perspective. Congrats for this fine image.