It is not very often that i get a chance to get this close to one of these beautiful birds. They are usually very shy, but on this early sunday morning was different. I just kept close to a tree kneeled down to get eye height and started shooting. The lighting was perfect, profile angle perfect, even the subject was perfectly still for me to get off several frames. It is days like this that photographer dream of...
Photo info:
Canon EOS 50D
EF 70-200 mm IS USM lens
ISO 800
200mm
1/500 sec @ f /2.8