I have been watching a pair of Kestrels for the second year running and I only found their nest this spring in a low hollow limb. I set-up with camera on a tripod on an embankment next to the tree (convenience is great for higher elevation) and used a cable release to trigger the shutter. I watched the male (this bird) come every four/five minutes with a skink and I knew I just didn't have the chance to make a good image hand holding and trying to follow by panning. So I thought pre-setting the frame for a close approach using a fast shutter speed via remote ought to do it. Anyway, this is 70% of the original image and I left the limb of the tree off because it kind of does not really add to the image. He is here braking about 1.5m (5') from the nest entrance. Sadly, at 5fps, I figured I have only one chance to get a reasonable image as within 5 frames I have this, one almost landed and three landed shots. :(
30D, 300/4L IS (IS Off), tripod, remote, ISO800, f/4, 1/5000th, 1 2/3 EC






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