Some very rare pictures!
I think I am the first one to get this one right!
Although it took a long time laying amongst some thorns in the back garden of our complex. He sat and sat and sat and I couldn't stand anymore to wait for him to take off. At first I also sat down waiting, but the moon moves continuously and I was not sure in which direction the kite would take off. I would have liked to get the moon in the center of his wings, but afterwards I realized how fortunate I was to even get this picture.
But let me show you more!
Look how his eyes are glazed over to protect them as he lands in the wind!
Here he settles down after landing!
But he doesn't like the first branch and jumps over to the next!
Imagine scratching your ear with claws like that!
A plane came streaming past as I was shooting the bird!
In future I would like to shoot the moon, the plane and the hawk closer together!
It was indeed a great day as the "Dark Shouldered Kite" of the "Hawk" family paid us a total of three visits. Twice to scout and a third time with prey (too gory to post here, but I made a 15 second video of him eating)
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Oh wow. I think if the moon was slightly lower it would have looked like an extention/blur of its wing. I do love the landing pics. Great job :)
Thank you! Why is it that a first surprise shot is always the nicest? Now that I've got this one, I will of course try others, but the feeling is never the same as the first one! I remember the first time that I had a shot of a plane touching the moon. What a delight and although I have taken better ones, that first one is still my most loved. I suppose the saying; "The first cut is the deepest" has relevance to this? Blessings to you and yours and thank you for the comment! @therneau
Yeah, I guess there's a reason that saying came about :)
I'll catch you around.
Cheers
What a beautiful bird, capturing the landing and ear scratch, your lucky day. Watching it eat it's prey, a treat to witness right in your own backyard @papilloncharity gutsy, gory it's all part of the story.
Thank you Lady Joan, I made a short 15 second video of it's eating (too gory for photos) but it's too big for me to load anywhere (67.4MB) but I will keep it for memories! Blessings! @joanstewart