In the Wild Photography Competition 3rd Place

More info on how to enter click here: In the Wild Photography Competition

Congratulations the Clive Greenland with this image.

Clive tells us about the image - Taken at the Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover. The photo was taken during a Black Kite display in the meadow grounds in Springtime with a lovely backdrop of wild flowers (just to set the scene). Food was thrown up with a catapult and the Kites produced incredible aerial agility to catch the food mid-air. As seen in the photo, they fight for the food, which produces mid-air battles.

Using a Canon 7D Mk1 with 70-300mm, focal length of photo taken 210mm. The photo required a fast shutter speed of 1/2500 sec, F/stop was f8 the optimum to get a balance between best quality while still obtaining a fast shutter speed, not forgetting to keep the ISO low ISO 640 i.e. keep below ISO 800 for best image quality on the Mk1 version.

1st Place see HERE
2nd Place see HERE
3rd Place see HERE
Highly Commended images see HERE