Bateleur Eagle 2

Gallery: AvianPosted July 18, 2014309 views6 comments

Kruger Park, S Africa
2014:06:02

taken with our little Panasonic P&S
4.3-215mm @ 164.6mm
1/1000 sec, f/5.6
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 200

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on July 18, 2014 at 9:41 PM

Not bad considering the camera. There is a bit less detail than what you would've gotten with that big Nikon of yours, but still ...not bad at all. Makes you wonder sometimes why we're carrying all of this stuff around. Very nice, Sandy.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 18, 2014 at 9:50 PM

Really well done! No nits. So where was your big camera?

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 18, 2014 at 10:58 PM

I rarely leave the big lens behind, but was just too tired to carry it on this hike (camera + battery grip + 500mm = over 13#)
Besides, we hadn't seen a bird other than the constant weavers for hours, so surely there would never have been a bateleur sitting right in a tree waiting for us...

Jim always has the panasonic, though, in a pocket.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 19, 2014 at 3:34 AM

Sandy.
Regarding the camera, is that not always the way

My favourite raptor , looks just a little bright on my monitor

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2014 at 1:44 PM

Wonderful pose, Sandy, and the image quality is still excellent. Another of those great African perches.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on July 20, 2014 at 5:38 PM

Beautiful image. Nicely exposed and a perch with a lot of character. The thumbnail does not do it justice. Dave

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