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Kestrel with a woodmouse

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Posted by Danny Green on March 12, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Kestrel with a woodmouse
A very good friend of mine helped me with this image and I managed to get a nice sequence of this female with this mouse, only the first few are usable though as when she started to rip into her prey it was a bit gruesome.

Canon 1D MK11, 500mm lens, 1.4x, F5.6, 1/160, ISO 200

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Rob Howard on March 12, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Hi Danny,

Thats a very nice shot. Prey item is a great bonus and a lovely pose on Kes.

Regards

Rob
Posted by PhilH on March 12, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Thats nice Danny... I'm sure the others are in fact usable, it is after all nature....

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Posted by Alan Bryant on March 12, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I want to see the gruesome ones.Post away :biggrin:

A cracking image :toast: :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on March 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Heads gone
Posted by Tim Gregory on March 12, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Nice shot Danny,

Impossible to fault really, but I really like the way you can see the doormouse's face, it really gives an extra dimension to the image, as most of the time the mouse is a mashed up ball in the Kestral's talons!

Posted by David Sewell on March 12, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Both great shots, and I am glad you posted the second one as well.

David

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Posted by Magnus Hird on March 12, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Both cracking shots Danny and I agree the face of the mouse really adds something :smile:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 12, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Both are great shots :toast:




Ian
Posted by Liam Pauling on March 12, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Awesome shots Danny!
Posted by Bob Cox on March 12, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Extremely envious, wonderful shots , well done .

Bob.

Posted by John Robinson on March 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Good stuff. Certainly not a Dormouse thank goodness.
JR
Posted by Tim Taylor on March 13, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Fantastic to have such a complete and detailed view of the prey as well as the predator. I'm not so keen of the view of the face in the second shot... :wink:

Tim :toast:
Posted by Anthony House on March 13, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Excellent work mate, great pose with a nice head position...

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Tony
Posted by Ben Gardner on March 13, 2009 at 5:39 AM
nice shots I am glad you showed both as gruesome is still perfectly natural.
Posted by Simon Litten on March 13, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Great shot(s) Danny - I like the way you've managed to get a catchlight in both the kestral AND the mouses eyes (apart from the headless one, of course!)

Thanks for sharing.

Simon
Posted by Lee Newman on March 13, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Both are superb but the second is the winner for me.

Lee
Posted by Ian Mason on March 13, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I vote for the first one, because of the look on the face of the kestrel. I wonder if you could go a bit brighter on that one?
Posted by keith mitchell on March 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Think both of these are really excellent.
Keith.
Posted by kevin Treadwell on March 14, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Hi Danny

WOW! what an image Danny.

Kevin
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 14, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Congrats :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 15, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Stunning Danny, the work has paid off for you and hope they do well for you.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on March 19, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Two stunning images