Originally posted by swip Lovely Kestrel. You must be quite close to the bird taken with the DA*300. They are usually quite skittish and will take off when you try to get near them.
Thanks swip. I have always had trouble attempting to shoot kestrels in the past. These are my first reasonable photos of a kestrel. Usually, like you say, they are extremely skittish. However, this one was quite bold. Perhaps he was locked in on a prey nearby or something. He tolerated me getting out of my car and walking ever closer to basically 30 feet away from the wire he was on. Even with that, these shots are pretty heavily cropped. The K3 holds up very well to cropping. I am looking forward to the 1.4 X TC that is coming out for that extra reach when needed - which is most of the time!