Karl Witt wrote:
Yes you have a whole set of sweet images, I'm after all these years waiting for a shot of one that is not on a stupid phone wire
Lovely light Geoff, great shots with some nice space/environment too.
Karl
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morris wrote:
A delight to view Geoff. Super backgrounds, some real nice behavior including a food exchange. Better than an eagles nest?
Morris
Different than an eagles nest but both are fun in their own ways and both require a lot of sitting around with nothing going on to catch the brief moments of action. This Kestrel area will pick up late May if/when the little ones hatch.
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bobbytan wrote:
All absolute beauties - the best American Kestrel images I have seen and definitely deserving a FTW win!
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gcooke0522 wrote:
Stunning images!
Gordon
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dallvr wrote:
Exquisite set of Kestrel photos!
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louie champan wrote:
A superb set of images Geoff, some great Kestrel shots.
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amlsml wrote:
Love them, As usual, you make any gear look good. TFS. Super hard to capture adn agree w Karl, seeing one that isn't on a wire or a light pole is on my bucket list.
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OSP2017 wrote:
Great images, Geoff! Love these little raptors.
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torobouk wrote:
Stunning set of Kestrel, the first is top notch with this background. Absolutely perfect Geoff !
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birdied wrote:
Great set as always Geoff.
Birdie
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Bsmooth wrote:
Haven't posted too much lately but when I do come here, the first place I come to is Nature and Wildlife, and any posts by you Geoff. Colors on these are superb.
These are amazing looking. I would be so glad to just be able to see one of these out in the wild, but at least I know what to look for.
What did you find were the biggest improvements on when going from the A9 or A9II to the A1 ?
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Georgeee wrote:
Stunning shots. Good to see that the 200-600 is up to the job (on an a1). So clean on high ISO shots
Absolutely incredible skills of BIF ! I think Arbitrage (Geoff) could utilize my old D90 and produce tack-sharp masterpieces,as it doesn't seem to matter what camera is in his hands ! Amazing images.
Geoff you sure have that new camera humming. These are beautiful images, a wonderful 3D look with exquisite lighting and backgrounds. Just superb shots of a gorgeous raptor. Boy it's hard to believe you could get better backgrounds with your 600 F4 compared to these.
Superb, is what came to my mind, Geoff! I am impressed and envious at the same time . Up to this point, I have been only able to photograph a few female kestrels up close and you got them both in a single image when the male showed up with a lizard. They earn MV!
Nice series Arbitrage, they really gave you lots of killer opportunities.
I hope I am not ruining your party but the 200-600 +1.4 extender took all the fine details away, they look a tad soft. I suspect you didn't wanted to carry the 600 today
