I thought I would start a new thread dedicated to our beautiful Birds of Prey and hope you will share all your fabulous pics of them aswell ......
Please feel free to add your pics
I will kick it off with one of my regulars...Jock the Sprawk
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
I BET YOU SURPRISED YOURSELF WITH THEM SHOTS...WOW!!!!
I was pleased with loads of the pics, Linda, especially as it was such a grey day. The ISO was frequently up over 13000
I've been there 3 times!
Always great to see the birds out and about!
My favourite pic from there is this one
Or this one (And I didn't even need eye tracking!)
Regards
Benji
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Last kilometre or so of our morning walk takes us along a lane which is now, due to over building, quite busy at times, but not too bad at 8.10 on a Sunday morning. As we were passing an oldish house that sits by itself by the side of the road, I looked up and said to my old girl: "There's a Kestrel on that chimney." We stopped, and I barely had time to whip up my 80D and reel off four shots before it took umbridge at our presence and flew off lazily.
It took a bit of post processing to bring out the bird and chimney - small targets against a bright background with no sunlight on them.
It slowly rotated its head and looked down on us with disdain for spoiling its morning leisurely wake up. Seriously! Quiet lane which no one walks down, and you two turn up. I haven't had a cup of coffee or a tasty vole yet.
It took off then glided below the roof line.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.