I couldn't join last SMAP, since I normally tend not to have persons on photos; but as for this week's theme, Raptors, they're probably my favourite winged photo subjects!
It's hard to get decent raptor photos, since I normally see them fly high in the skies, and if they are perched, they tend to escape before I can get near enough for a decent photo. But there's one species up to date, that proved to be my best raptor model EVER!
It was in Udawalawe National Park, in Sri Lanka, that I came across not one, not 2, but 3 different animal of this amazing species... and all of them perched!!
I'm gessing they're more or less used to the safari jeeps, since they seem to remain calm even when the jeeps stops for a long time near their location, if a decent distance is kept.
They're also called crested hawk-eagle, and looking at the photos it's easy to see why. They are an abundant species, with different colour morphs, light and dark. The first one I've found was the light kind; but the darker kind appeared shortly after, on another tree.
This one wasn't too keen to pose for the photos. But the third one.... oh, the third one was the star of the show.
I almost drove my buddies to madness (and probably the guide too), given the amount of time I asked them to take photos. But c'mon... how many times do we get the chance to see a big eagle perched in the wild, so close?
This one changed position a few times, but not leaving that branch; scouting the horizon, and completely ignoring us.
It was time to go, eventually; a ton more species were roaming the park, and I got my belly full of eagles. But yep...no doubt, by far my best raptor model up to date! 🙂
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Birds of prey, amazing creatures :) Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos with us my friend, have a great weekend!
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Always a pleasure to share wildlife photos! ;) Thank you and cheers! !BEER
super fotos mano! parabens!!!
Obrigado! O bicho colaborou! 😉
What incredible photos. It is very tough to capture those types of birds but you did some job. The pics were so clear, I loved the feathers on the top of his head, good stuff!!
I was lucky here too, they gave me tons of time to take the photos! ;)
These photos are more than decent, you can see the wings with all the details, the color of the eyes, and the photo in which the bird takes flight is my favorite.
Some great photos and explanation OK
Thank you for the visit! Cheers! !BEER
Marvelous bird and shots!
I would be the same and would spend as much time as possible to make the photo session.
This raptor deserves it. On top of that it is crested. 🙂
Thank you! And agreed, crest gets extra points! :) Here's some !LUV
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