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Female Kestrel

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16 replies
Posted by Karen Summers on January 23, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Took this shot when I was in Cornwall.The Polzeath coast is a great place to see them.Quite a steep walk up and then I climbed even higher to the highest point where they were hunting over a type of valley you could look down in and I was able to get a more eye level view,hard work though all that climbing

Canon 50D,Canon 400f5.6,ISO 400,f5.6,1/2000

Posted by John Robinson on January 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Spot on !
JR
Posted by Justin on January 23, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Well worth the tough climb for such an intimate view of the bird. I like the soft light too and the pale green background works well with the brown plumage colour. :toast:
Posted by Bronia Klima on January 23, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Hi Karen
Well worth the hard climb to get such a supper shot, everything just right
Bronia
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Perfect to see the eagerness of the raptor at hunting.
Wow :eek:
Bertl
Posted by Chris Lloyd on January 23, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Beautiful image. I can't seem to get anywhere near our kestrels lol.

How far away were you when you took this?

C :toast:
Posted by Philip Newman on January 23, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Well worth all your effort, a super hovering Kestrel. :toast:

Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 23, 2010 at 3:21 PM

Super shot Karen with a very nice pose from the Kestrel, also congrats for POTW on Birdguides.

Andy...
Posted by Rob Howard on January 23, 2010 at 5:00 PM
Hi Karen,

Thats a super shot of a super little Falcon. I can't really fault it, well worth the effort you put in.

Well Done

Regards

Rob
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 23, 2010 at 5:42 PM
well worth the climb Karen, cracking image

Paul

www.paulhobson.co.uk
Posted by David Kjaer on January 24, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Nice capture Karen!

David :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 24, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Certainly well worth the climb. Great shot. Well done. :smile:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 24, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Hello Karen.

This for me is a superb capture and one I have been trying to get for a long time but it just never seems to happen.

Well woth all your efforts in getting this.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on January 25, 2010 at 4:25 AM
A good reward for all the effort you put in.

David
Posted by John Chapman on January 25, 2010 at 4:34 AM
Hi Karen, well done. :toast:
Posted by Mike Andrews on January 26, 2010 at 2:13 AM
Hi Karen. Well done for capturing one of the images on my wish list. I seem to be able to get shots of them perched (although still not with prey), but all my attempts at the hover are very disappointing due to having sky as a bg. Your willingness to share the site is also very welcome. :smile:

I really like this as a detailed image of the bird, but also as a good picture with a soft bg. Thank you. :toast:
Posted by Cliff Young on January 26, 2010 at 3:24 AM
Karen, no pain, no gain! Agree with all the other comments - great shot. :smile: Cliff