As i was leaving to photograph the fox cubs a week or so ago the farmer started ploughing the field next to my appartment,i was running late so gave myself 5 mins to grab some shots and this was the best of the mini session,The Kites were dropping behind the tractor collecting worms and what ever was thrown up,70 or more circled above the tractor dropping down and taking off as it returned,i stood at the end of the field and they shot over my head as the tractor came close
Love the kite Dave - but not the sky doesn't look right to me too blue and wrong blue - mind you I only know UK skies - may be swiss ones are different
I find it interesting that birds that are considered rare and elusive in one country are common as muck and easy to find in another. I wonder if Swiss photographers come to England to photograph gulls following our tractors!
Black Kites migrate from Africa to Switzerland in large numbers arriving about march and leaving august, Typical scavengers they will eat basically anything but as mentioned a moving tractor will have them arriving in minutes,I adjusted levels and added abit of saturation and 5 highlight/shadow so the sky is just a little warmer than as taken,
Simon if you around Lausanne let me know and we can meet
Discussion
8 repliesexcellent shot of the Black kite and good detail in the feathers.
John
Aberdeen
Great shot, off to Switzerland in a few weeks, will take my camera and search for some tractors.
Cheers Simon
John
That's not bad for five minutes; did you get any good behavioural shots of them dropping down behind the tractor?
Nice one
Nicely caught flight shot.
I find it interesting that birds that are considered rare and elusive in one country are common as muck and easy to find in another. I wonder if Swiss photographers come to England to photograph gulls following our tractors!
cheers
Sean
Simon if you around Lausanne let me know and we can meet
No techs Dave?
Cheers
Graeme