Fighting Spurfowl

Gallery: AvianPosted September 23, 2014109 views5 comments

Two Male Red-Billed Spurfowl, have an early morning scrap, at the end of Dikdik drive, Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Unfortunately the shadow could not be avoided.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 400mm
F8
ISO 3200
1/5000

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 23, 2014 at 9:40 AM

Great actions and nice light. Wish the shadow hadn't been there, but other than that a fine image ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on September 23, 2014 at 10:20 AM

Great capture of the action Ken. The shadow is unfortunate but what are you gonna do. Details are sharp, nice shot!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 23, 2014 at 1:23 PM

Fantastic action and very nice light, Ken. The expressions on their faces are riveting. The shadow is not ideal, as you noted and I think a lower angle would have made this even better. But very good image as it is.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 24, 2014 at 4:08 AM

Thanks everybody, much appreciated

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 27, 2014 at 11:37 PM

Very cool acton Ken. Nice timing, the look on the face of the right bird shows the pain. IMO, the action outweighs the shadow.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments