Mangrove Black Hawks

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi
Was sitting having lunch at the Lookout Inn Carate, Osa , Costa Rica when these 2 appeared

thought you might like to see them; managed to freeze the action but as for the rest

fire away :p

Canon 40 D, 100-400 @ 400, iso 400, 1/2000 f5.6

cant get detail back....processed from small raw...

Rich

[Randy Stout]

Richard:

This was a challenge to record well, with the merge, different flight angles, contrasty light. Even without the merge, the bird flying away does distract from the nice wing display of the other bird.

Did you get any others in this series? With birds in flight, it takes endless practice and some occasional good luck.:)

Cheers

Randy

[Richard Unsworth]

Aye Randy you are right

no more pics of them in flight, in actual fact is was pretty much my first bif.
I wish it was 5 mins before that moment again, and that I had joined BPN the year before;)
I will be in Portugal for a whole month starting next week some opportunities will come soon.

Rich

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[DeanNewman]

Alas, Richard, as you pointed out, the light was not your friend. Really like the shot. Open beak and dropped talons on bird a plus. Too bad contrast detracts from on otherwise excellent image.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Dean

thanks

Randy

I did find another pic will p[ost it on Eager to Learn as I will breach rules if I post it here - it's a different pic.

Anyone comment on the talons being dropped like that ; part of a greeting/display perhaps.
Have seen film of birds grabbing each others talons, stalling and rolling over but that did not happen in this case.

Rich

[Arthur Morris]

Mucho contrasty but I took a crack at it in various ways.....

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Art

Thanks very much for having a go at this; looks a lot better

mil gracias

Rich

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. Black and white in bright sun with shadows is near-impossible at best.....