Kestrel (teaser post)

By Paul Cecil | Published December 28, 2008

One from a series taken this afternoon… (more later)
Male kestrel in the winter sunshine
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Camera note: taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/500s.

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12 Comments

  1. gdare December 28, 2008 at 9:12 pm #

    Beautiful :yes:

  2. cakkleberrylane December 28, 2008 at 9:12 pm #

    Excellent portrait!!

  3. Flying Red Fox Blog December 28, 2008 at 9:12 pm #

    Thats a beautiful bird in great light 😀 Iam off to Gatwick tomorrow and its forcasted to be -3c with -5c windchill! :smurf:

  4. Words December 28, 2008 at 11:12 pm #

    Lois, thanks!

  5. Words December 28, 2008 at 11:12 pm #

    Darko, thanks. I was really pleased with that one.

  6. Words December 28, 2008 at 11:12 pm #

    Mark, the light was wonderful. Good luck at Gatwick. It will be perishing cold though :smurf: :psmurf:

  7. Flying Red Fox Blog December 29, 2008 at 6:12 pm #

    It was great Words thanks, it was not too bad as i was well wrapped up warm and the wind was mostly calm which helped, i stayed from 7am to 2pm 😛

  8. Words December 29, 2008 at 11:12 pm #

    Wow, that's a long haul 😉 But I bet you got some good shots. The light must have been excellent.

  9. Vulpes vulpes December 31, 2008 at 1:12 am #

    :eyes:

  10. SittingFox December 31, 2008 at 3:12 pm #

    Now that is a good photo of a kestrel! 🙂

  11. Words December 31, 2008 at 6:12 pm #

    Adele, thanks. It was worth getting cold for that one.

  12. Words December 31, 2008 at 6:12 pm #

    Vulpes, lol! :cheers: