robinelliott_2169

Kestrel VS Grasshopper

Kestrel VS Grasshopper

Saw a Kestrel flying past and took a brust of shots and found it had a grasshopper in its talons.

Saw a Kestrel flying past and took a brust of shots and found it had a grasshopper in its talons.
Read less

camera

SONY ILCE-9

settings

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 2000 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 8400/10

upload_date

upload_date

Sep, 2021

Views

21

Likes

Awards

Peer Award

Outstanding Creativity

Emotions

Impressed

Categories

See all

Same photographer See all

sitting in my car watching this Little Egret fishing in a pool next to the road and suddenly it caught a large Roach and I fired away with my 500mm le

spent a few hours with this fantastic bird. This was my favourite picture of the session. I captured it by pre-focusing on the perch and as the cuckoo

It was a Wonderful experience spending time with these stunning little birds. It was great when this stunning male hopped onto the head of this Phrami

This shot took a lot of patience to get a picture of a Swift with and of its feathers correctly exposed. I've taken hundreds of picture of Swift&

Barn Owl in the evening light

Wheatear flying towards a fly at high speed.

sitting in the hide watching the kingfisher with my finger on the shutter and fired the sutter on takeoff.

I spent a lot of time working out the best way of capturing small birds in flight. This picture was capture with minimal cropping and a high level of

It was a real privilege watching the Red Backed Shrike hunt with 20ft of me and flying from gource stem to gource stem. I pre-focused on the next stem

waiting the the Owl to get closer before taking the shot it passed right by me staring intently at me.

Kingfisher hovering looking for a fish.

I Love photographing garden birds I have worked out a way of focusing on this as the are hovering just of the feeders and getting some interesting fli

I was walking along the top of the cliffs near where I live and heard the unmistakable call of the Yellowhammer. Its bring Yellow feather catching the

photographing Dragonflies in flight until recently I thought was almost impossible until noticed the do hover every now and again allowing for a quick

Using a remote shutter release I watches at a distance to see if there was some action from the roost. Four Juvenile Kestrels waddled out of to the pl

watching our local Kingfisher having a break on her perch.

Short Eared Owl

kestrel flew past with a Grasshopper in its claws.

Discover more photos See all

young maned wolf looking into the sky by uwegibkes

The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis) 002 by Badgrandad

Affection by christophergrobler

Looking at you by PilarDiazGomez

A mother cheetah stands over her only surviving cub on a termite mound in the Serengeti. by chriswhittier

An Elk at Daybreak at the Elk and Bison Prairie in Kentucky by jcmovingimages

Big cat watching and waiting... by RobbynesEye

The redd foxx by Patryk_George_Nature

after sand-action in the sun, the bulldog-puppy was really tired :-) by matthiasschotthfer

A blue jay taking a dip by alechickman

Island life in Greece by sophiemorrissey_1331

_V1I2864LuminarAI.jpeg by alainmauviel

Kicia by kasiadoroszkiewicz

I took this photo during a sunset when the light was very warm. by alicjawisniewska

Isn't this the cutest?! I adore this sleepy little boy and his kitten friends by nadiacallahanphotography

Red squirrel holding walnuts by geertweggen

Grazing Zebra on the Maasai Mara by Phillip2r

Colobus Mom and baby high up in the tree tops in Arusha National Park, Tanzania. Colobus monkeys are very protective of their young in the wild so I by pamdorner

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.