A new year, a new series: photo of the week.
The first photo is the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug). Ranked first in week 3 of 2009.
I’ve taken this photo during a photo shoot at a falconer back in May 2008.
It was the first time I was this close to a falcon. He was sitting on a tree stump with in his back a gradual inclining embankment covered with grass. A the top there was a clear view of the sky. This is why you see the green lower part turn into blue about half way.
Lightning was pretty difficult that day. The sun was shining at its full strength. Normally we love these sunny days in The Netherlands because we have not to many of those. But since a day at a falconer has to be pre-arranged (and paid) weather is a given. The result didn’t turn out to bad.
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Tags: Birds of Prey, Saker Falcon
