Seen across the fairway of a golf course in North Scottsdale. The bird was perched on a rock which made an attractive plinth. Using my 5D and 100-400 on a tripod, at 400mm the bird filled the centre circle of the screen. Getting towards sunset meant 800ASA and and a big crop to produce this...I think the pose wins out over the noisy /grainy background. (80k file). The bird was concentrating on something which really helped me get the shot. The something turned out to be a bobcat about 20 yards from me and the strange noises I could hear as I concentrated on the image in the viewfinder was my wife about 10 yards behind me trying to tell me it was there. Eventually I got the shot of the bird, looked up and for about 5 seconds locked eyes with the bobcat which then turned and casually walked off into some scrub. They say you should always listen to your wife!!
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