Soaring Free

[Mad Aussie]

I like raptors ...

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Soaring Free (http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/8378024699/) by AstroVisual (http://www.flickr.com/people/astrovisual/), on Flickr

[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

[Mad Aussie]

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
Thanks mate.

I always use flash on birds if I can :)

[Hillbillygirl]

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

[Runmonty]

Very nice back-light, great colour and comp

[Marko]

Really well done Maw!! Fab capture

[Randitola]

this is awe-inspiring. Great shot!

[AntZ]

Very nice capture MA.

[kevharm]

Very nice shot, nice timing to get that shot as you did!!
kh

[Mad Aussie]

Thank you very much everyone :)

[asnow]

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

[kmunroe]

very nice

[Lungelarry]

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

[Mike Bons]

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:

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks guys :)

[aubintbay]

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

[Mad Aussie]

Wow! Nice shot! I'm going to have to consider using my flash more often after seeing this one.
I've been telling people for years to use their flashes for birds and wildlife ... works for me ;)

[casil403]

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

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Casil :)

[asnow]

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

[Mad Aussie]

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.