Elanus caeruleus

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• Morigann (100)
• [2009-01-31 3:22]

Hello Annick,
wonderful capture with a superb african falcon.
Very fine details on the beautiful bird, with a nice composition.
Have a nice week end
Pierre

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• pekkavalo1 (6749)
• [2009-01-31 3:29]

Hi Annick,
Excellent picture of African Pygmy-falcon with nice POV and composition, sharp fine details, perfect shallow DOF, eye contact, beautiful colours.
TFS
Cheers
Pekka

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• uleko (2941)
• [2009-01-31 3:58]

Hello Annick,
This is a beautiful bird-of-prey! I love the dark eyes and the beautiful plumage! Excellent capture with the bird sharply in focus. Lovely colours and well composed.
TFS and cheers, Ulla

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• Alex99 (18625)
• [2009-01-31 4:22]

Hi Annick.
How well this beauty poses for you (and for us)/ Amazing eye-contact and sweet pose. Pictured scene is awesome at whole. Brilliantly detailed and nicely colored tree branches and fine blue sky create a wonderful surroundings for the main character. Exposure, sharpness and details of the bird are ultimate too. Thanks for the beauty and all the best.
Alexei.

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• robindb (1372)
• [2009-01-31 4:25]

Hi Annick,

Good capture showing the feather texture of a fairly rarely seen bird. It's nice taking a photo of something against that lovely blue sky it just seems to jump out at the viewer.

Robin

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• Alutka (1592)
• [2009-01-31 5:22]

Hi Annick,
the very good, as usually, picture... Good DOF, POV and composition.
Thank you for sharing
Regards
Alina

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• horia (14908)
• [2009-01-31 7:02]

Hi Annick

Another really impressive capture from you, my friend!
This African Pygme-falcon is a rarity here on TN and you've managed to take a really beautiful, full-frontal shot of one. The eye-contact is dazzling and the details of your shot are also terrific.
Further more, i simply love all the vibrant colors everywhere - tree, leaves, sky etc - that all make the bird stand out even better.
Perfectly exposed and very well composed, too.

BRAVO and TFS
Horia

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• PeterZ (17766)
• [2009-01-31 8:05]

Hallo Annick,
Erg mooie foto van deze Afrikaans Dwergvalk. Vooral de blik recht in de camera is indrukwekkend. De kwaliteit van deze foto is net als altijd super. De helderheid in kleuren is prachtig. Uitstekende scherpte en compositie. Ik heb de neiging om heel snel een verdere uitsnede te maken, maar vaak gaat dit ten koste van de kwaliteit. Zoals deze kan ook gewoon.
Groet,
Peter

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• NinaM (6596)
• [2009-01-31 8:32]

A beautiful bird, Annick, you are filled with fantastic pictures! The composition is beautiful, I love the bird, bigger than the branches, up in the frame, yet in balance with the rest of the elements in the frame. Perfect!

Francine

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• red45 (30243)
• [2009-01-31 10:48]

Hi Annick!

Perfect portrait of this predator! Sky is so blue, acacia [I think] looks also good, but this bird is for sure brightest star on your picture. Detailed, in good pose and with perfect eye contact.

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• anilnediyara (750)
• [2009-01-31 10:48]

HI Annick,
Beautiful shot of this falcon which is set against blue sky. The composition catches ones eye easily. TFS this beautiful and technically challenging shot.
Regards
Anil

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• cuckooroller (0)
• [2009-01-31 11:26]
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Hi Annick,

Sorry. Wrong ID. White upper tail, primary extension along the rectrices, incipient black scapulars, bill too strong, much too much white on the auriculars. All these eliminate Polihierax.

This is Elanus caeruleus. The greyish wash to the crown and forehead, coupled with the juvenile brownness of the coverts feathers depone for a bird in transition, not juvenile, however not fully adult.

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• eng55 (3688)
• [2009-01-31 11:44]

Hi Annick,
Wonderful capture against the blue sky.Eye contact,details and composition are perfect.
Thanks for posting.

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• CeltickRanger (15321)
• [2009-01-31 13:13]

hello Annick

excellent photography of the Black winged kite,
shot with fine POV and framing, excellent contrast,
great sharpness and details and a beautiful eye-contact, TFS

Asbed

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• LordPotty (12035)
• [2009-01-31 16:46]

Hello Annick,
A fine capture of this Pygmy Falcon,nicely composed and with good exposure control.
Interesting note and a good record of the species for TN.
Well done.
Steve

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• angela926 (3069)
• [2009-01-31 18:57]

Hello Annick,
WOW! Great capture, those eyes are incredible. So big!!, excelletn compositiion and pov, good sharpness and lovely colors.
Angela

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• gannu (14691)
• [2009-02-01 6:13]

Annick, This is a superb capture and what a shot. Clear shot and clarity shot. Ganesh

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• eliz (1535)
• [2009-02-02 3:29]

very nice bird pose. they eyes looks very strange