Buzzard Buteo buteo

[Jonathan Ashton]

I took this shot from my hide, Canon 50D Canon 500mm L IS Tripod ISO 320 1/640 sec f4.4

All comments welcome.

[scott benson]

cracker of a catch,

[Hugo Estévez]

I like the moment you catched. What´s the Buzzard´s prey?

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the moment you catched. What´s the Buzzard´s prey?

It was a male pheasant.

[Kiran Poonacha]

lovely natural history captured... loved the angle and details..

[Grace Scalzo]

Nice! I like that we can tell it was a pheasant from the tail. Might wish for a bit more light on the bird's face, but not easy to control, especially from a hide.

[thijs broekkamp]

lovely moment, good sharp. Background is a bit disturbing

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful natural moment captured. Big congrats on this fine image.

[Steve Kaluski]

I assumed you baited and tethered the pheasant down Jonathan, so the Buzzard will have it's fill and not allow it to take it away if spooked? Nice shot.

TFS
Steve

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yes you are correct Steve, I did a similar arrangement with a canada goose but I didn't bother to tether that down. Tomorrow I will try with a mallard drake - food is put out on an irregular basis just to keep them tempted, sometimes they come down others they just refuse and the fox has a feast instead - trouble is he comes at night and I don't see him.

[Lorant Voros]

Very well done on this one, Jon. The low angle works perfectly and you set up well this moment.

Lorant

[Pam Handyside]

Was the pheasant dead or alive when tethered down?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Was the pheasant dead or alive when tethered down?

I presume you are joking?:)
The pheasant was MOST DEFINITELY DEAD when tethered down. Neither I, nor any other reputable photographer would dream of tethering a wild animal down as bait for the pleasure of taking photographs.:)