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Kite enviro + '7 in a row'.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 17, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Kite enviro + '7 in a row'.
Whilst travelling home from a meeting I was surprised that I hadn't seen any Kites, very unusual for the Aberystwyth coast road. Then as I passed a field my eye caught a few birds sat on a fence at the top of a field. I stopped the car as soon as I was able, went back and lo and behold no less than ten Red Kites lined up on posts along the fence line. They were a good way off and I only had a zoom with me but I managed to grab a couple of images. I shall post an image with 7 kites in it (the most I could get on a single frame) but I quite liked this one.
EOS 40D
Sigma 100-300 @ 280
exp 1/100 @f8 iso 200
Posted by Craig Churchill on January 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM
What a wonderful shot!!!!!!!

The clouds,the snow capped hills,the fence line all pull this shot together and there's the kite,superb!!!!!!


Cheers

Craig

www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 17, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Very nice image Robert, the background and foreground work well with the bird in shot, very nice.
Posted by Ray on January 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Nice capture works well, well seen.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM


Good looking image Robert, looking forward to seeing the other seven.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Tom Smit on January 18, 2009 at 3:29 AM
Great shot. Great sharpness and DoF.
Also good BG.
Posted by Barry Southon on January 18, 2009 at 6:02 AM
Robert

Well spotted great shot.

Barry :wink:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 18, 2009 at 6:35 AM
As mentioned in the first post there were ten kites either perched or flying around this and another fenceline along with a couple of buzzards and a few crows. I couldn't see why they were there. There was no obvious food source and indeed none of them appeared to be actually doing anything. Eventually they just drifted off over the coast.
This image has seven birds lined up, the most I could get into a single frame and still manage to have something that actually looked composed.
Robert
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on January 18, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Original shot is fantastic Robert, I like the composition and the elements in the shot, great editorial potential. The line up is interesting, I've only ever seen one at a time, looks like the one in the middle has been ostracised!

Greg
Posted by David Kjaer on January 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Hi Robert

Love both of them!

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 19, 2009 at 5:27 AM
Like David, I like both of these Robert.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Lee Newman on January 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Both are great but the first is special.

Lee