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Buzzards squaring up

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Posted by John Chapman on January 25, 2010 at 5:45 AM
Buzzards squaring up
Pic. taken recently Aberdeenshire. Canon 1D MK2n 500mm lens. 1/1000 sec. F5.6 +1 1/3 stop opened. ISO 400. All comments welcomed.
Posted by Andy Gregory on January 25, 2010 at 5:48 AM
A cracking shot John, well captured :toast:
Posted by john macpherson on January 25, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Very nice! Great poses and the obvious tension between them makes this really hum. The relationship between them is great and the lighting superb. It would have been so easy to make a cack of this with the shadow of one falling over and obscuring the other. Well caught, and a good bit of storytelling.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on January 25, 2010 at 6:20 AM
Hi John

A nice moment of interaction well captured.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 25, 2010 at 6:23 AM
Lovely shot, the obvious tension and drama adds greatly to it!
Posted by David Sewell on January 25, 2010 at 6:29 AM
Great shot, John. Was this some dispute over a carcass?

David
Posted by John Robinson on January 25, 2010 at 6:57 AM
That'll do.
Good stuff
JR
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 25, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Very nice John :toast:


I would be pleased to get one let alone two :biggrin:
Posted by John Chapman on January 25, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Hi Folks thanks for the comments. David there was some road kill near by. :toast:
Posted by Paul Rosser on January 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM
Superb image!! :toast:
Regards,
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Posted by Liam Pauling on January 25, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Great shot, I like the pose and the snow really adds to the image.

My only crit would be the bird on the right has a funny eye, not sure if it is the processing but my eye is drawn straight to it.

:toast:
liam
Posted by Fran French on January 25, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Like this very much. A superb behavioural shot with some very nice detail, the snow reflecting a lovely light on the plumage. Nice one.

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 25, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Fine job John, wish it were mine
:biggrin:
Bertl
Posted by Maggie Campbell on January 25, 2010 at 1:57 PM
A different image from the usual buzzard postings and all the better for it. :wavey:
Posted by Philip Newman on January 25, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Hi John another great opportunity and image. :toast: :toast:

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 25, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Fantastic shot. Very well done. :smile:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM
A really well caught bit of behaviour John. Do you have any with the carcasse as I feel it would add to the story of why they are squaring up?
Robert
Posted by John Chapman on January 26, 2010 at 5:19 AM
Hi Folks, thanks for the comments. Hi Liam it is a catchlight in the eye due to the snow.
Robert yes I have plenty more with the carcases. I will be posting shortly.
John :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 26, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Very nice bit of NH imaging.. Well exposed and good detail throughout. Great interaction, but then that's why you captured it..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on January 26, 2010 at 10:26 AM
A splendid shot. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 26, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Hello John.

Just brilliant for me, the pose of the birds with the composition you have captured just couldn't be better.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey: