Augur Buzzard Juvenile

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: AvianPosted October 2, 201541 views6 comments

Yet another dull day on Sanetti Plateaux in the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.

At least I did not blow the whites sad

EOS 1DX

200-400 mm F4 at 560mm

F5.6

ISO 800

1/6400

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 2, 2015 at 2:04 PM

Au contraire! The image comes alive in the larger image. Well done. cool

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 2, 2015 at 2:14 PM

This is a real nice pose and very sharp. You could probably lighten it up a tad.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on October 2, 2015 at 3:19 PM

Well, sun is not always a blessing ..... And aparantly enough light to shoot at 1/6400 ... Nice setting for this species ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Steve Hester on October 2, 2015 at 3:51 PM

Nice shot , like the sharpness and the setting.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 2, 2015 at 6:21 PM

Lovely, Ken. I'm sure you wanted a bit better head turn, but I like the meditative feel of this image. That rock is worth an image all to itself-the lichen is glorious.