Jackal Buzzard

[Chris van Rooyen]

Hi guys, just back from another awesome trip to Giant's Castle. The weather was perfect - windy and lightly overcast (which is preferable to the harsh light which so often result in pitch black shadows at this location), which translated into lots of action for the vultures and buzzards. A bonus was the background which consisted of recently burnt veld with new green growth, which has resulted in a soft green background, quite different from the "standard" winter colours, which has become perhaps a bit stereotyped(?). Comments welcomed as always.

Camera Model: NIKON D3
Date/Time: 2009:10:12 095:14
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Lens: 600mm
Centre sensor with 9 points expanded

[Leo Berzins]

Stunning photo as usual Chris.
Dynamic pose, great exposure and sharpness.
The green background adds a wonderful new dimension to your GC images. Look forward to seeing more.

[Rob Drummond]

Amazingly sharp Chris and a wonderful pose.

cheers
Rob

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is a absolute killer Image Chris, loved the focus, pose, details, great BG.. big congrats..

[Loukie Viljoen]

Very nice Chris, different

[Geurt Bloem]

Absolutely a stunning action shot Chris. Love the different BG in the image, the subject sharpness, the clear eye contact and the general comp.

[David Fletcher]

This is a cracking shot Chris. Great pose. Like the treatment on the bg and good clear eye contact. WD!

[Harshad Barve]

What a super shot this is Chris
lovely pose , BG , expo and compo ,
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, firstly, as you stated, the BG is definately so different from the norm captured at GC. Great diving posture, and nice and sharp. Well captured.

[Lorant Voros]

Chris,

Nice pose and great eye contact. Track sharp and as mentioned great BG. Thanks for posting.

[Babu.G.S.]

chris
it's a treat to the eyes..... awesome...

[Rohan Kamath]

just loved the focus, BG and eye contact...

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Chris,
Oh, how I love this...awesome pose and that beautiful BG takes it over the top for me.
Best,
Ncki

[Tony Whitehead]

Bloody oath, Chris. The rest of us may as well just pack up and go home:D:D. Love the curves, colours, BG , sharpness, plumage details.....everything. Agree that it's a nice change form the usual Giants BG.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent pose and awesome BG. Sharp as nails too. All works perfectly here. :)

[arash_hazeghi]

I love everything about this shot Chris, detail is fantastic. TFS

[Gerard Satherley]

Spectacular. I like the dive angle, background and details.

[Raymond Barlow]

awesome shot Chris., pose is just killer.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Fantastic colors - both on the bird and background. Wicked pose implying high speed and yet tack-sharp.

Big congrats! JR

[paul leverington]

Chris you did quite a nice job with the different colors on this one. The green really, really sets him off.

Paul