Pretty Lady (Kestrel)

Nikon D4
600mm + 1.4 tc
1/4000
Manual exposure
F/7.1
ISO 1000
Metering CWA
WB Auto
Shot from a car window
Taken last year
Southern California

Last year a friend of mine and I were lucky enough to grab several shots from a very tolerant female kestrel one late afternoon. She used several perches, some pretty nice and others not so much. Sometimes she was in good light other times back lit. She would frequently let us drive to with in 60 feet of her and occasionally closer. She didn't seem to care that we were there only looking our direction every so often. This is a shot of her looking directly at us.
She was hunting bugs most of the time. I was never able to capture her with anything in her talons or beak but we did get some neat, well lit shots of her sitting on a perch. These were all taken very late afternoon when the light is most appealing. More to come.
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