I found this cute Kestrel in Hesarghatta. It was calmly perched on a bush, when something caught its attention and it flew to the ground at the base of a shrub. I decided to approach it closer and got out of my car. Slowly in a prone position I crawled closer to around 7 feet with the sun behind my back and me making a move when it looked the other way or was busy digging for a worm. The camo clothing helped. At one point I realised that my camera was not able to get focus of the bird. As I looked out of the viewfinder, I realised I was around 4 feet from it, both on the ground. I put down my camera and enjoy my upclose moment with this beauty for a few more seconds. It flew!!!
Canon EOS 7D, 420mm
SS 1/1250 (+0.3)
f/7.1
ISO 400
Full Frame image. Comments and critiques welcome.
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