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Kestrel

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Posted by Marcus Conway on April 19, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Kestrels have always eluded me far more than owls, buzzards and other raptors. I was photographing Rock Pipits when I looked up and saw this fella hovering and diving into the long grasses. It didn't help keeping the Pipits still though. :toast:

700mm, f5.6, ISO200, 1/2000
Posted by Chris Lloyd on April 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Cracker! Love everything about this!

Chris
Posted by Fran French on April 19, 2010 at 5:20 PM
A super acton shot.....a bird on a mission :smile: Nice one!!

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on April 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM
lovely shot
Posted by Ian Mason on April 19, 2010 at 5:39 PM
What a pose! I like the composition here and would love to see a larger version. Great image!
Posted by Bob Hastie on April 19, 2010 at 6:45 PM
Lovely colours and a great angle.
I can see something just to the left of the birds head, did you clone something out?
Bob
Posted by Marcus Conway on April 20, 2010 at 3:27 AM
Hi Bob,
I cloned a dust bunny out but not from there. I'll go back and check to see if there is anything.

Thanks for all the comments :toast:
Posted by Calum Dickson on April 20, 2010 at 4:26 AM
They elude me too Marcus, it's a lovely action shot one to be very pleased with.

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calum
Posted by Philip Newman on April 20, 2010 at 4:33 AM
Love the composition Marcus and inclusion of the foreground.

Phil Newman
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Something very different and works very well indeed.

Brett :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on April 20, 2010 at 7:31 AM
Nice approach. Not many seen like this either.
Good stuff.
JR
Posted by Craig Nash on April 20, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Marcus a very nice male bird . I also find them fairly elusive.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 20, 2010 at 9:26 AM

A fine capture Marcus :toast:

Andy...
Posted by Craig Jones on April 20, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Love the pose and portrait composition,lovely image :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on April 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Hi Marcus,

Thats a cracker! Love the pose and comp with the grasses, and we are getting too used to blue skies like that (weather wise), it can only end in tears! :biggrin:

I can also see quite a few artefacts in the sky, which may be due to the small file size, you can go up to 200kb on here.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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