Yellow Billed Kite

Gallery: AvianPosted January 8, 201581 views4 comments

Yellow Billed Kites follow Wild Dogs in order to pilfer a few scraps from any kill, they are a good way of finding the Dogs. and sometimes provide some possibility of shots.
EOS 1DX
200 -400 mm F4 at 381mm
F5.6
ISO 1600
1/2500
EV + 0.67
Full Frame

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on January 8, 2015 at 9:38 AM

Beautiful bird. This capture shows the impressive wing span and that signature tail. However, there is a lot of sky and a little bit of bird. The head on shot has a low signature, so the impact is not as great as in a side shot that shows feather detail. Nonetheless, nice capture. Keep em coming.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on January 8, 2015 at 1:26 PM

Talk about Nature's stealth technology. The large version is awesome, love the head position.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 8, 2015 at 10:16 PM

I like this Ken, but wish for a bit more bird in the image. Larger image is a must to see. Like the comment about wild dogs. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on January 9, 2015 at 2:55 AM

I was very undecided on the crop for this one so left it full frame.
Thanks for your comments

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