Peregrine Falcon

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Posted by Ian Cook on April 22, 2009 at 5:00 AM

Not been about for a while, due to being over worked lol but paid a visit to a Pere site after being told about it by a friend (Thanks Pete :))

It spent most of the day perched, or totally out of site, but for a few seconds it basically flew right over our heads.

I think i need to revisit the site again :) We thought the bird was on its own until it came back with what looked like a collared dove, and the Female came out too, will have to post one of those pics a bit later :)

1d Mk3, 600 F4 with 1.4 TC, F5.6, ISO 200, 1/2000th

Posted by Drew Mellowship on April 22, 2009 at 6:31 AM

Nice overall image Ian. Good positioning in the frame and nice detail under the wings.

Drew

Posted by Ray on April 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM

I’m sure your highly chuffed with this, I would be, an excellent capture by any standard. Really great flight shot.

Posted by Paul Thomas on April 22, 2009 at 9:29 AM

A cracker.

Paul

Posted by Terry Longley on April 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Lovely in flight capture and well composed.

Regards
Terry.

Posted by Jon Galt on April 22, 2009 at 1:32 PM

Nicely composed and exposed. I'll be more impressed if you were handholding a 600mm!

Regards

Jon

Posted by Billy Fairburn on April 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM

Great shot of a fantastic bird Ian, very well done!

Posted by Ian Mason on April 22, 2009 at 6:07 PM

He's certainly got his eye on you - great flight shot!

Posted by Ian Cook on April 23, 2009 at 3:32 AM

Jon, sorry i should have said it was handheld.............i would have been a liar though ;) I can handhold it for a couple of seconds, but it gets brewers droop quite quickly after that lol

Thanks all for the comments, was my closest ever encounter with a wild Peregrine, and am hoping to repeat it soon :)

Posted by Craig Jones on April 23, 2009 at 5:39 AM

Lovely photo, love the look on the bird, great detail/colour, well done