Big breakfast

Gallery: AvianPosted May 18, 2011196 views25 comments

Another snail kite with snail. This bird picked a very large snail. I like the flight position, detail, and BG in this shot. Nice look at the snail too. This is early morning light. Please view the larger version for max details. Thanks so much for looking and commenting.

Canon 1DM4
500mm f/4 + 1.4x TC
ISO 800
1/1250s
f/7.1
Manual exp.
Hand held from my boat
89% of full frame
Not baited or harassed in any way

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by Tom Lusk on May 18, 2011 at 7:43 AM

What's not to like about this shot?

Even the drop of water falling from the snail is nice and clear!

You nailed this one.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 18, 2011 at 7:56 AM

Another beauty Ron - that's a seriously big snail.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 18, 2011 at 8:25 AM

A beauty Ron. Great light under the kite and wonderful wing and tail spread. That huge snail is very dramatic. Detail looks very good and I like your composition and the colors in the background. This shot makes me marvel at evolution and how this birds claws and beak are so well adapted to it's primary food source. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 18, 2011 at 8:45 AM

Terrific...love the wing position, and the great look at "breakfast".

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM

HUGE snail! Beautifully clear and sharp, really nicely blurry background. Wonderful light.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 18, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Great wing spread and wow, escargot!! Terrific capture Ron, congrats.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on May 18, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Love the detail in the wings and the snail. Like the trees in the background as well. Adds some nice color.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 18, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Excellant image. Sharpness, composition, subject all outstanding!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM

Awesome! Great detail; wonderful subject position and action; fine composition.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on May 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM

That is one big snail! Spot on shot Ron!

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on May 18, 2011 at 12:04 PM

Very nice - great details.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 18, 2011 at 12:38 PM

Wonderful angle to display wing span and feather pattern/details. I like how the tail feathers are spread out. Excellent detail from the head to the claws on the larger version and that is quite a big snail. Well done Ron, a pleasure to view.

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Comment posted by Robert Holguin on May 18, 2011 at 12:59 PM

Wow!!!!! Love the detail we can see on the larger image. Great flight pose and huge snail really adds to this fabulous shot. Well done.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 18, 2011 at 1:09 PM

Spectacular shot Ron- wonderful light and details. Water falling from the snail and the full wing extension adds great drama.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM

awesome pose and light! certainly is tack sharp and I dig the vibrant background...well done on this, enough space to fly into as well!

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Comment posted by David Haynes on May 18, 2011 at 7:51 PM

Ron,
Simply Terrific again. That snail is montrous.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 18, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Everything looks very nice Ron, I especially like the complimentary colors of this BG..
It's been a wonderful series, you really know how to work it

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 18, 2011 at 10:37 PM

Another beauty, Ron. Spectacular wing spread and pose. What a great look at the claws and how it grips the snail!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 18, 2011 at 11:24 PM

Awesome capture of the wingspan Ron and great placement in the frame!I have really enjoyed this series you have been posting. That snail is HUGE!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 18, 2011 at 11:25 PM

Ron, you are nailing these images. You should beso proud

Perfect crop too

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on May 19, 2011 at 8:09 AM

...huge snail really adds to this fabulous shot!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on May 19, 2011 at 3:39 PM

I like the details you capture here. my only doubt is the wing tip so close to the ULC.

Cheers, Luca

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Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on May 19, 2011 at 11:13 PM

Great shot!!!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 19, 2011 at 11:31 PM

Excellent -especially the flight pose, super-sized snail and image clarity.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM

Ron,
excellent flight shot with great detail. I really like those talons grabbing the big snail.

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