Soaring Free

I like raptors ...

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Wow! What an awesome shot. The back light is gorgeous combined with a well exposed front light. Were you standing in front of a white wall or did you have a flash going? Either way, excellent! :D

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Originally Posted by Iguanasan

Wow! What an awesome shot. The back light is gorgeous combined with a well exposed front light. Were you standing in front of a white wall or did you have a flash going? Either way, excellent! :D

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Thanks mate.

I always use flash on birds if I can :)

Beautiful MA. The light, the background, the comp. all perfect . Very well done PP work.

Very nice back-light, great colour and comp

Really well done Maw!! Fab capture

this is awe-inspiring. Great shot!

Very nice capture MA.

Very nice shot, nice timing to get that shot as you did!!
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Thank you very much everyone :)

Awesome mate. The warm lighting on the bird is fantastic. Well done

very nice

Great shot.......:thumbup:

Just a fabulous image. I really appreciate the thought that went into this. Get the exposure right is one thing, but also the timing to make a good composition and the birds wing spread like with the sun in just the right spot. :thumbup:

Thanks guys :)

Wow! Nice shot! I'm going to have to consider using my flash more often after seeing this one.

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Originally Posted by aubintbay

Wow! Nice shot! I'm going to have to consider using my flash more often after seeing this one.

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I've been telling people for years to use their flashes for birds and wildlife ... works for me ;)

Gotta go with the consensus here..... Awesome shot MA. :)

Thanks Casil :)

You say you used a flash. How far away was the bird. I would have thought it would have been outside of flash range.

I honestly couldn't tell you how far the bird was exactly but my flash will hit 20m or more depending on the settings such as ISO.