Twin Kestrels

Gallery: AvianPosted September 28, 2011567 views13 comments

Thought I'd give you a change of pace from the Harriers.
Nikon D7000 (Fantastic, inexpensive camera body)
600mm + 1.4TC = 850mm
F/9
1/2000
ISO 500
A/Priority
Center Weighted avg.
White Balance Sunny
Exposure Comp + 2/3
Cropped 42%
Tripd w/Wimberly Head
Raw
Shot lots of kestrels while I was out shooting the harriers a week ago and thought I'd share an image of two females fighting over a perch that both seemed to be using. There were two other stick ups like this single branch and both had kestrels on them so.....too many kestrels, not enough perches....fighting erupts. This was cropped quite a bit so we'll see if it holds up with a small file size. Larger version included. Thanks for having a look see.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 28, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Sweet! Great action! I'd love to find a place with "too many kestrels.."

The large size is a little soft from the large crop, but still an excellent image.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM

Nice action shot - never seen them like that ! The perch looks a little out of place at a first glance, but since this was their main point of interest... Well done, cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by James Campbell on September 28, 2011 at 3:45 AM

Great action shot! Interesting to fight over such a flimsy looking perch - well captured

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 28, 2011 at 6:43 AM

I like the action David. The position of the two birds is great. It would be stronger if we could see the eye of the left bird. Larger image shows the large crop, but still a very nice shot. I need to find an area with too many kestrels, but probably not likely.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM

The crop size is showing a bit, but the action makes up for it, David. Great poses. Too many Kestrels? How can that be?

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Comment posted by Bill Kleinfelder on September 28, 2011 at 5:35 PM

This shot is all about the action, so well done!

Registered on September 6, 2011, 14 Posts, 71 Comments

Comment posted by David E Lester on September 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM

Great action...I too would like to have alot of predator bird action around where I live...well done!!!

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 28, 2011 at 7:29 PM

Great action David. Too many kestrels, wow.
May

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 28, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Interesting action shot David. Good exposure, your framing works well for me and I think your large crop held up reasonably well.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM

Wonderful action shot, I like seeing the wing spread and feather patterns, these are really colorful birds, nice job in getting this difficult shot, way to go.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 30, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Pretty amazing shot David, excellent capture.

Ray

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on October 1, 2011 at 2:54 AM

Great shot David. Must have been after we left Sunday.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 2, 2011 at 1:03 AM

Excellent action. Decent quality for the crop. Really like the upper bird.

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