An alternative name for a kestrel, and definitely what this one was doing!

Reading, UK, Canon R6 + RF800mm, 1/2000s, F10, ISO1000, Exposure Bias +1 1/3

Must have knocked the dial as that should have been F9. For most of its hover, its head was in the shadow of its wing , making for less than perfect shots needing drastic post processing, e.g.

  • KevinFRKOP
    link
    English
    22 months ago

    Try this one - still messed with, but gives more of the shadows

    Which, just cropped out of the camera’s RAW format (suffering from the classic dark bird against white sky issue with auto-ISO) was

    • KevinFRKOP
      link
      English
      32 months ago

      And not entirely to my surprise, Windhover is even in the Oxford English Dictionary!

    • Don Piano
      link
      fedilink
      English
      11 month ago

      Dang - the angle compresses the dark areas together a bit, which prevents these ones from fully unfolding their impact. Love them nonetheless, thank you!

      • KevinFRKOP
        link
        English
        11 month ago

        First time I’ve had my camera with me when seeing them hover - I’m not complaining about the angle :)