Steppe Buzzard take off

[Stu Bowie]

I encountered a lot of these guys in the country, sitting on fence posts. Drive past at speed, no problem, slow down for a shot - gone. I was fairly lucky with this guy. I remember stopping a fair distance away, as he was sitting on a gate post. Whilst walking towards him, I had my camera ready for the shot. I cloned out the fence post and gate, and the rest is naturally OOF farmland. Taken in the country in the Cape, 6.18pm

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Ken Watkins]

There everywhere here at this time of year where we are, ll sitting on telephone poles.

No luck with one moving yet, beautiful image which is perfect for identification!

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice photo. I like the nice spread of the wings and tail feathers. It looks like you were able to get quite close, good for you. BG colours complement the bird very well.
Dave

[santhosh kumar]

my dream shot, very nicely executed

[arash_hazeghi]

I love the wing position, BG sharpness and fanned tail. One of your best Stuart, well done.

[Doug Brown]

Love the wing position and the way the bird looks against the BG. The head is angled slightly away, but overall like the image a lot.

[Bill Dix]

Great wing position, and beautifully complimentary BG. Very nicely captured moment.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Sharpness and BG look good. Adding to the other comments, I wish the underwings were more evenly lit and would put the bird a little bit further to the right in the frame.

[DanWalters]

Great comp and colors in the background. Nice highlight in the eye as well.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Bhai, nice wing spread and loved the complimenting BG..

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the great feedback and comments. Much appreciated.

[Marc Mol]

Drive past at speed, no problem, slow down for a shot - gone.

That is so true of a lot of bird species Stuart, very frustrating indeed.
You've done very well with this fine in flight pose, great detail, sharpness & killer BG. Well done.
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for your feedback and comment Marc.