Morning Meal

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 2012171 views17 comments

On our recent trip to the Kalahari, I was fortunate to see this Pale Chanting Goshawk hunting from this tree stump. These Pale Chanting Goshawks are really abundant in this Northern Cape area. I am not sure of the kind of insect it caught.

Canon 1D MKIv
Canon 500mm
1/1600
f/8.0
ISO 320

Shot handheld from my vehicle.

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 5, 2012 at 11:23 AM

What a beautiful bird! Great pose, wonderful stump, and perfect exposure/techs - very fine image! I'd consider a bit more room all around..
Sandy

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Comment posted by Neal Cooper on April 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Thank you Sandy. Here is a reworked image with more space all round. I agree it works better.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 5, 2012 at 11:38 AM

Beautiful image, good exposure, comp, sharpness, colors.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 5, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Very nice image in both versions. Excellent detail, good pose, nice perch and viewing angle.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on April 5, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Neal, what a great view of this bird. I particularly like the perch and am glad you added a bit more breathing room on the left in the repost. However, I don't think you needed to add quite so much to the top and the right. The balance of the image has been thrown out of whack slightly (IMO). Centering on the bird + stump with even spacing all around would've been fine I think.

Max

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on April 5, 2012 at 2:04 PM

If you look the larger version this is really great shot. TFS.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM

That orange beak/eye really draws me into the image and I like the look the hawk is giving. I do like the repost a little better. Excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on April 5, 2012 at 5:45 PM

Sweet photo of this beauty Neal!!! Excellent exposure work here with nice feather details, that perch is wonderful. Personally, I like the first version you posted a bit better. I'm with Max on his crop suggestion about the second version.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on April 5, 2012 at 8:09 PM

I like the feeding action here and the eye stands out very nicely.

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Comment posted by Geoff Powell on April 5, 2012 at 8:11 PM

Well done. Great clarity.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 5, 2012 at 8:42 PM

Neal I really like this. Great perch and pose. I would like to see more room on left if you have it.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2012 at 10:09 PM

Two great raptors in a row, Neal. Beautiful work. The perch really works well with the pose of the bird.

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on April 6, 2012 at 4:08 PM

Very nice Neal!!

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on April 6, 2012 at 11:08 PM

Excellent shot!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 8, 2012 at 7:09 PM

Love the repost. The only thing I see worth mentioning as a possible improvement is a pretty pronounced halo around the stump and bird in places.