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DartX
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Registered: November 2005
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 1,189
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WOW!!! I struggled long and hard enough just to see this one, and you got quite a good photo of it. Nothern Natal? Bottom up look not my favorite, but it does show the very distinct coloring quite nicely.
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* Don't argue with Dragons, for thou art crunchy and goes well with cheese *
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Geurt
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Registered: March 2005
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 13,254
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Chris,
I'd give a lot to get this chappie in my viewfinder and 600mm lens! Very nice opportunity and well used as well.
Geurt
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"I am a Christian. In God I trust and believe, His Son's way I follow and the Holy Spirit leads me."
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wafflebutt
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Posts: 6,686
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Chris, Wow - very nice photo of a rarely seen bird - well done. As far as the angle of view is concerned - my personal view is that bird photos at a perch should always be seen from either level or from below - the angle here is just fine for me - just goes to show how personal all this is. Cheers
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Raptor-ous applause as he fixes the bird of prey in the frame - POW - the shutter is released - nothing beats this but sex!
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BigAl
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 1,729
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Nice clean shot of a bird very difficult to get in the open! Well done!
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I'm a cheapskate - I only use Sigma lenses.
Some Birds , bugs and spiders
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bothahe
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Registered: July 2005
Location: Gauteng (West Rand)
Posts: 356
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I think it is important to get photo's of birds from all angles. You can see areas of the bird here, which would be hidden if the 'perfect' angle was achieved, so I don't have a problem with the angle of the photo.
Just hope you did get one from every angle and would love to see them.
once again this photo gets the...
Wow! 
form me.
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Looking for the unusual to capture...
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Izeman
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Registered: October 2005
Location: Gonubie but my roots are on the farm in the Karoo!
Posts: 14,345
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Beautiful take Chris, I am no bird photographer, but appreciate good photography and that this is. Well done.
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Izak van der Merwe
Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready
to have somebody click the shutter.
Ansel Adams
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Chris van Rooyen
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Registered: July 2006
Posts: 2,298
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Patrick Cloete
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Registered: December 2004
Location: Pretoria
Posts: 133
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Chris,
I've heard one = that's it, well done. Top of my 'to snap' list.
I've been told that Kwa-Zulu - around Zimbali is best place for success. I've tried Knysna forest - no luck. Your advice?
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Richard Rule
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Registered: November 2005
Location: Centurion
Posts: 2,792
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Chris, This is another winner. The effort to get it makes it even more special. RR
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Magic lives when the shutter beats the eye.
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andreklopper
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Registered: May 2005
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Posts: 1,987
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Ai Chris
Hluleka, my gunsteling plek vir vakansie.... Daai woud is net stunning... Ek het die outjie nooit daar gesien in die 12 weke wat ek al daar gebly het nie...
Cheers
Oja Ek hou baie van die kleure in die foto....
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Andre Klopper
Earn Money with your photos
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Lovely one Chris, saw one on the week-end, but it saw me long before I got anywhere near 
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Chris van Rooyen
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Registered: July 2006
Posts: 2,298
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Thanks for the comments guys. Patrick I do not know Zimbali, can't advice you there. Another very good place where I got them close was Buzzard Mountain Retreat in the Soutpansberg. Andre, Hluleka is iets besonders, ook van die beste plekke vir Dwergvisvangers.
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chris@wildlifephotography.co.za
www.wildlifephotography.co.za
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