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Male great bustard flapping wings

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Posted by Javier Martin on April 13, 2007 at 5:23 PM
Extremadura, Spain, last week. Extremely difficult to get images of great bustards. 16 hours in the hide, rain, mud, wind and the birds covering a huge area almost always far away from the hides. This one was taken after 2 hours of heavy rain.

500mm + 1.4x + tripod cropped 25%

Posted by jack chapman on April 13, 2007 at 5:32 PM
looks to me like your patience paid off, beautiful colours and very dramatic
Posted by David Taylor on April 13, 2007 at 6:44 PM
Idea fantástica de un grande Bustard (translation courtesy of Babylon) Well worth the effort IMHO. Excellent.



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Posted by Jim Greenfield on April 14, 2007 at 3:32 AM
You deserve success - and got it - for sticking it out for so long in those conditions
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 14, 2007 at 3:55 AM
Another wonderful image Javier - I think your images are superb :toast: :toast: :toast:

Regards

Andy
Posted by Elliott Neep on April 14, 2007 at 5:13 AM
Well done Javier! Persistence always pays off :toast:
Posted by Mike Smith on April 14, 2007 at 10:55 AM
I doff my hat to you sir!, anyone prepared to spend 16 hours in a hide deserves to get wonderful shots like this :toast: :toast: