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    Alroy Willis
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    Giants Castle

    Canon 1D MK II N
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    Shutter speed 1/3200
    Aperture f5

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    Love the sky and the look. And the bird. As this would seem an obvious candidate for a tighter crop I am guessing that it is already cropped a bit. Correct?

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    Welcome to BPN Alroy, Excellent wing and tail spread. Head angle is great and I love the BG. I too wish he was a bit bigger in the frame. I hope to someday photograph all these wonderful Raptors I'm seeing from S. Africa. Congrats

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    Welcome!
    My only suggestion would be to give the image a Panoramic crop, given the pose of the bird IMO it would work better. Nice light, species, BG and colors.
    Congratualitons!

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    Big welcome to BPN , Another vote for pano crop
    TFS

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    welcome Alroy - good to see you here as well.
    lovely pose, BG, head angle and exposure. another vote for tighter crop if it is possible...
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    Alroy you were wide awake to get the Lanner at Giants Castle, well done, have not seen you at Randburg for a while, is school keeping you busy.

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    Welcome to BPN Alroy. Crop mentioned, but lovely angle and back drop. As mentioned, done well to get this from GC, as normally I see only Buzzards, Vultures, Ravens and Jackals. WD!

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    Reminds me of the time when Lanners were regulars at Giants Castle..:-) Welcome Alroy, great background, nice light, wish only it was a tad bigger in the frame.

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    Thanx all for the C&C, much appreciated

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    This shot looks great as it is. A tight crop would create a nice portrait, but it would lose the sense of habitat. The out-of-focus Drakenburg mountain background with winter-colour highveld grasses, places the lanner firmly in its mountain habitat.

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