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Hostile take-over

RudiVanDenHeever

Published: Jan 10, 2013

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Description

We were shooting the thousands of doves at the Cubitje Quap waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, when this lanner falcon struck gold by catching one. I was busy shooting the lanner ripping the dove to peaces in seconds, when the Goshawk suddenly appeared in my viewfinder... Yip, the downside of fixed focals (not that I would have had the chance to adjust a zoom...)

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Image size

800x534px 206.33 KB

Make

Canon

Model

Canon EOS 7D

Shutter Speed

1/4000 second

Aperture

F/4.0

Focal Length

500 mm