Steppe Buzzard

[Elmar Venter]

The steppe buzzard is a summer visitor to South Africa. I took this picture last summer and I am hoping for some more opportunities of these beautiful birds this summer.

Canon EOS350D with 400 f5.6 lens
F5.6
1/2000
ISO 400
Exp comp: +0.3

All crits and comments welcome.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful take off pose with nice wing position , compo , expo and BG
TFS

[Dave Barnes]

This is a super capture Elmar. I like the pose, light and detail captured. Comp works well.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great timing, pose & composition! Image is sharp with good feather detail & colours. Well done Elmar!

I can't wait for them to return either.;):)

[Morkel Erasmus]

super BG, pose, exposure and timing Elmar! I wish the head was turned more towards you but overall I wish it was mine...

[Chris Kotze]

Super take off captured. Lovely colours and BG

[David Fletcher]

Pretty neat take off shot Elmar! Fab timing and comp. Nicely done.

[Arthur Morris]

Excellent as presented and as noted above. Kudos to Mork for noting the head angle problem. It they bird had taken off two degrees towards you instead of two degrees away from you, this one would have been way over the top. You were done in by the direction of the breeze (that looked quite gentle at the most). SH and underwing detail superb.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose frozen, all said above.. congrats..

[Elmar Venter]

Thanks for all the comments! Yes, HA not perfect, but hopefully this summer . . . .