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Kestrel

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Kestrel

Kestrel, photographed on the east coast at Bempton, thanks for looking.

Bumped into Andy Snape and Mark Davies on Sunday morning, very nice to meet you for the first time Mark, I had a real laugh and Andy I'll be in touch in the next couple of weeks re the dragonflies.

Processed in DPP / CS2 (crop)

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo, Wimberley
1/640th @ F11 +1/3rd Ex-comp iso400

All comments welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Vincent Jones on May 4, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Outstanding :eek: :eek: :eek: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM
That'll do nicely !
JohnR
Posted by Malcolm Muir on May 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Superb! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on May 4, 2009 at 12:18 PM
So you did get it.! LOL I had a great laugh too.How long did Andy spend chasing it up and down the cliff? Cracking image ,considering the conditions .
Ps.
There are no doc leaves left on Bempton, Andy Snape used em all on the nettle stings on his legs. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Always nice to see these especially in flight! Andy was this past the second point (corner spot) or beyond? :wavey:

Steve
Posted by Mike Smith on May 4, 2009 at 1:20 PM
cracking shot :toast:
Posted by Tom Smit on May 4, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Great flight shot. Nice eye contact. (He is watching you ).
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Fran French on May 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM
A nicely detailed image, and the eye contact makes it special for me! Nice one.

Fran

:toast:
Posted by Danny Green on May 4, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Hello Andy

Cracking shot !!!!! and well done for putting up with Mark for the day :biggrin: :jump: :wink:

Danny
Posted by Craig Jones on May 4, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Lovely in flight shot, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 4, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Cracking shot. Great eye contact.

Dave
Posted by Ian Mason on May 4, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Excellent shot!
Posted by Andy Snape on May 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Hi Andy, thats nearly as good as the one I got!!!! I'll get him/her next time for sure!
Like the eye contact and i know how long you had to wait for this!
Posted by Ian Haskell on May 4, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Thats a really nice kestrel shot.

Ian
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 5, 2009 at 4:31 AM


Thanks for the very nice comments :toast:

Steve, photographed between New roll-up and Staple

Cheers

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Lee Newman on May 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Very nice :cool:

Lee
Posted by Colin Preston on May 5, 2009 at 2:43 PM
A stunning flight shot showing lovely feather detail.