Corvus corax

One from Pen-y-fan in the Brecon Beacons, earlier in the year. The landscape up there is incredibly bleak in the winter, it almost looks like the surface of the moon. There are a few raven pairs up on the summit and i spent a while trying to get some good flight shots, which i didn't manage, so had to settle for more of an enviro shot.

Cheers,

Dan.

Nikon d50
Nikon 18-70 @ 70 mm
1/320
f/8.0

Hi Dan,

Brilliant image! I love it!

Very different, works fine for me!

Different shot, but like it. Would love to see it as a pano-crop to lose the top 1/3rd of sky...

Much prefer this to a boring portrait. Very evocative birdscape shot. To be really picky, I`d like to see the bird just a tad higher and to the left, but the picture is still lovely as-is. Full-frame flight shots of Ravens can be had at Bracelet Bay, where Swansea meets Gower.

I think this is great Dan....................either as posted, or with Elliot's pano suggestion!!

Love the 'wild, open space' feel

Maybe cloning the distant bird {maybe sensor dust } in front of the bird would polish it off to perfection!!

Alan

My mind was saying bleak as I read your description: fits it perfectly

Hi Dan,
That's a great shot! I really like enviro pictures and this one does it for me!

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll have a play around with cropping it to see if i can improve it.

Cheers,

Dan.

Nice work and I do like Enviro shots a lot so this goes down well in my book. Well seen and captured.

Brett.

A very pleasant change. I like it very much.

Eric

Great enviro shot Daniel. I wouldn't crop if I were you, fine as is. To my eye Ravens are synonymous with big open skies and this image shows that perfectly.