Caracara with a Snake

[Troy Lim]

Caracara flying into the nest with a freshly caught snake



Camera Nikon D3S
Exposure 1/2500 sec
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 600 mm
ISO Speed 1000
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash No Flash

[Mital Patel]

Troy,
Very refreshing pose with that colored kill. bummer about the bg though

[Troy Lim]

Troy,
Very refreshing pose with that colored kill. bummer about the bg though

Agree, this was caught moments before he/she flew into the nest, thus the palm leaves. Personally, I like this shot better than just against the normal blue sky, like the 'environmental' shots once a while.

[Mital Patel]

Agree, this was caught moments before he/she flew into the nest, thus the palm leaves. Personally, I like this shot better than just against the normal blue sky, like the 'environmental' shots once a while.

Not against of environmental things in image Troy. Just that i loved the light pose and kill altogether and thought this can be a great mater stroke if got nice bg. Otherwise i liked that stripes behind eagle and loved it as is too.

[Troy Lim]

Not against of environmental things in image Troy. Just that i loved the light pose and kill altogether and thought this can be a great mater stroke if got nice bg. Otherwise i liked that stripes behind eagle and loved it as is too.

Got it :)

[Petros Petrou]

Very nice flight pose. Great detail and beautiful light. I like the colorful prey and the talons. Perhaps adding a little more room on top?

[yogesh_puranik]

wow..fantastic moment captured..lovely..BTW: a question did you taken from ground or some height?

[Troy Lim]

Very nice flight pose. Great detail and beautiful light. I like the colorful prey and the talons. Perhaps adding a little more room on top?

I wish I have more room on top..I would have to add more canvas.

wow..fantastic moment captured..lovely..BTW: a question did you taken from ground or some height?

Thank you, it was from an un even ground, it was not easy to pan and track the bird, I ended up placing this one on top of the frame.

[Michael Lloyd]

Impeccable timing Troy. Caracara are primarily scavengers (around here anyway) and it's nice to see one with prey. It's nice to see something other than a fly by or perched shot of this bird as well. Exposure and color appears to be spot on. Th subject is sharp. I like it.

If the background was a school bus or something unnatural it would bother me. I see it as mimicking the splayed tail feathers of the bird

[Doug Brown]

While not my favorite BG, I'd be happy with a frame like this Troy. The prey is really cool! Would like to see more room up top, and I'd probably open up the darks a little.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Maybe if you softened the light on the bg it would work better and leave more attention to this awesome capture Troy? I think it's worth trying. As far as the adding canvas ohh that could be tough and I think you may just have enough to room get away with the op