Lanner Falcon 2

We found a group of five Lanner Falcons momentarily perched in a tree in the South Luangwa National Park. They were very dark against the very bright afternoon sky. I took several images in a burst with the idea of processing them as an exposure stacked image. But I liked this single low key image the best out of the images in the stack.

I took the image with a Canon 7D Mark II with a Canon EF 200 - 400 mm f/4L IS Extender lens. The exposure settings were 1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400, 560 mm, hand held.