Manual Metering
Camera: Nikon D700
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 270 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Manual Metering
Camera: Nikon D700
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 270 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Beautiful pose well captured Troy.
good pose like the capture
Troy, Very nice details and pose. I like the open mouth and the feet showing.

Thank you Stuart and Denise.
I don't usually like the sky as a background but it works here for some reason. Maybe it's the pretty blue against the pink....either way, well done!
Sharp head and excellent detail on the wings makes it for a flight image for me.
Eye contact is very good too. Like it a lot.

Beautiful colors, details, and those wings are magnificent.
I know nothing about how this bird looks in flight, but its right wing confuses me. Is the neck actually between two wing feathers? The top half of the right wing has passed over the neck? Can't be. Or, wait, makes more sense if the feathers are actually parted some thus allowing the neck to show? That must be it. But my simple mind doesn't like to be confused thus :)
Tom