Gallery: AvianPosted September 7, 201375 views5 comments
I was almost in the right position when three of these flew past us in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
EOS 1DX
20-400 mm F4 at 560 mm
F7.1
ISO 800
1/4000
Hand held from open vehicle
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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 7, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Wow, must be the first image I have seen of this species in flight ! Good job ! Hans
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Comment posted by Craig Strand on September 7, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Super inflight capture.... excellent detail and wings up position.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 7, 2013 at 7:45 PM
Lovely flight shot, if a bit centered. I've only seen these in zoos.
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 8, 2013 at 4:59 AM
Thanks everybody for your kind comments, this was our first sighting of this bird in Hwange and at the time were preoccupied with an even rarer sighting a Slaty Egret, which I have yet to review but it was a long way awy.
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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on September 8, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Excellent BIF of this lovely African Crane. Good reference image for 200-400 lens. This one is realy excellent equipment for safari but extremely expensive. Congratulation and TFS.
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