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08-Mar-2017 Michael Edwards

The Shy Red-Tail

Murfreesboro, TN

This guy and I have a running battle. He lives in the area which is on my way to church and to Franklin, so I see him often on the wires, looking for lunch. When I stop, he sees me coming, so I must be really quick with the camera. I got him by stopping my car with the window down and lens across my left arm. I got a coupe of shots against a bright background while he was on the wire. He did, however, turn after flying away, to see where I was, and I managed to get this shot. Contrary birds...

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV ,Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM
1/8000s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso2000 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time08-Mar-2017 14:05:24
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D Mark IV
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length300 mm
Exposure Time1/8000 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent2000
Exposure Bias0.00
White Balance0
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Sally 19-May-2017 08:28
What can i say? A brilliant capture. Well done Michael.
Hal 17-May-2017 04:00
Hi Michael, l can only echo what others have already said.
A magnificent image.
PS Elaine has a similar image and l thought this was hers.
A wonderful image .... with a relatively short lens.
Cindy Flood17-May-2017 00:50
You did a great job of capturing your adversary.
Terry_O16-May-2017 23:24
If this was easy, Michael, everyone would do it....:). Nice capture. I like the
backlighting and you did a masterful job with the underside lighting.
Elaine 16-May-2017 22:45
Michael, I love it. I almost put up an similar shot of a red kite I chased in my car but put the Cowra POW camp up instead. Gazumped again!