Taken on take-off at the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park. We are approaching winter in this part of the world and the backrounds are changing to warm winter colours.
1D MKIII
600mm f/4 + 1.4x extender
ss 1/2500
f/7.1
ISO 640
Insanely perfect wing position. Killer BKGR. I am wondering it it could use a tad more sharpening....
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Cool pose, eye contact and BG look very good, too. Amazing that there is still a bit motion blur at this shutter speed. I would tone down the whites more.