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FollowThis time of year we start to see the GHO looking for love and nesting areas. This male flew at dusk towards the calls of a female in my forest....
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This time of year we start to see the GHO looking for love and nesting areas. This male flew at dusk towards the calls of a female in my forest.
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Location
My forestTime
4:30ish in the afternoon, very harshLighting
Very harsh light, was hard to deal with the amount of light and angle.Equipment
Canon 1DX, Canon 100-400MK II. Jobu Design's DMG-HD4 Gimbal and Jobu Design Algonquin tripod. Killer comboInspiration
The bird was there and I shot it :)Editing
Very little, cleaned up the exposure and highlights and thats about it.In my camera bag
From the 70-200 to 600mmFeedback
Know your subject, if you like birds learn all you can about the habits and work with those, as long as you know what you're looking for you'll find it.