Waiting

This is an image that I have been after for many many years. Perhaps it's not perfect (I was trying to increase the ISO to bump the shutter speed but didn't have enough time), but it is head and shoulders above any other image I have captured of this species. I saw the bird on a telephone pole just above a watering hole and photographed it as the sunset - I was about to give up when the bird swooped down and hovered 10' above the water for what seemed like an eternity. Who knows how long it will be until I get a chance like this again but it's a reminder to everyone out there to never give up on your "nemesis" bird!

Nikon D7100 Nikon 300mm f4 + 1.7X TC HH from vehicle
f/8
1/1600s
ISO 800
Crop Mode

This is Full Frame + added canvas. It was shot in Crop Mode on the D7100 and I wanted more room above the wing tips, so I added what I needed and cropped to an 8X10 but basically it's "full frame"

Minor adjustments in LR5, canvas add (using canvas from next frame) in CS5

- Luke