Rufous-naped Lark

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

These little ones perch on lowish shrubs and voice their mating song. Every now and then they will flutter their wings as part of the ritual. I caught this one doing his thing. Captured early morning in the Pilanesberg National Park.

1D MKIII
600mm + 1.4x convertor
ss 1/2000
f/7.1
ISO 640

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful image. Sharp, great pose, eue contact and background.

[Harshad Barve]

One beautiful image , lovely wing pose, details and perch ,
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Good underwing detail Gerrie, sharp, and I like the soft light.

[Leo Berzins]

Great pose captured in nice light.

[arash_hazeghi]

Lovely balancing behavior and open wing, SH and HA right on money, TFS.

[Jim Crosswell]

A well timed image. Excellent eye contact and details.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome light and pose Gerrie! Well done mate. :)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Akos. It is much appreciated.