Black-shouldered Kite with unfriendly Blue-faced Honeyeater

[Ralph]

Took this the other day and decided to post it and it showed that one just doesn't care and the other is so unfriendly towards it.
Liked how it turned out, then decided to get what I liked the most about the shot as its own shot.
And it is sort of riding on the back of Stephen's Willy Wagtail a little as this is being post so close to when he posted his shot.
So this is one shot the edited to get the next one that I like more.
1 Black-shouldered Kite on the left and the Blue-faced (young one) Honeyeater to the right.

2 the edited shot with just the Blue-faced Honeyeater

[AlfandBen]

Beautiful shot. Love the way the light shines through the wings and tail of the Honeyeater.

[Ralph]

Thank you so very much and I will say it again this was an idea stolen from Stephen but well worth while remembering it.

[avkomp]

guess I am good for something

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Ralph

It matters not where we get our ideas from ... and your image here is definitely one of those keepers
11/10 from me !

Phil

[Ralph]

That is a great thing to say and I fully appreciate what you have said.

[David_MC]

Excellent shot. The pose is perfect.

[Ralph]

Thank you so very much for that and it is appreciated.

[avkomp]

looks to be a steep angle on the bsk, but the full wingspread on the honey eater cancels that out. nice shot

[Ralph]

Taking birds in the wild you have no control to where they are and this was on a tall CB tower of some sort and this is why it is at this angle. I would have been even worse if take from the bottom of the hill where this is. So you can only work in what you are given at any time with them.

[Isac]

Lovely image Ralph. Like A&B said I also like the light coming through the wings on the honeyeater. I always rate the timing in these types of shots over that of image quality, so well done on that front.

[Ralph]

As you mentioned just the other day working with only a 400mm lens you have your limits and you can only get to a certain limit with it.

[wigz]

Nice work Ralph. The honeyeater on its own works really well with the backlit spread wings and tail. The shot with the kite is certainly interesting but the high angle lets it down a bit.

[Ralph]

I was happy with the way the Honeyeater came out and there 1st shot is really to show the story to why this all went about.
And I, myself don't mind the angle of this as I like to get shot as natural as I can get them. So this sometimes means at times
I will post up things that may not be liked as I like them but this is how it goes. But it keeps us on our toes as well.