Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Elanus
Species: axillaris


Technical details
Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D
Focal length (35mm equiv) : 450mm
Apeture : F5.6
Shutter speed : 1/500
ISO : 320
File size (original) : 3.6MB
Date : Oct 2005


click here visit a page of shots of the back shouldered Kite hunting

OR just click below for two further images.
Click link below for more images (including o/head shot) then use the browser back arrows or the page tabs to return to Braeside page

Technical details
Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D
Focal length (35mm equiv) : 450mm
Apeture : F13.0
Shutter speed : 1/500
ISO : 400
File size (original) : 3.8MB
Date : May 2006



click for "you are being watched" or "those piercing eyes"

Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D
Lens Sigma 50mm-500mm F4-6.3
Focal length (35mm equiv) : 750mm
Apeture : F10.0
Shutter speed : 1/2500
ISO : 800
Date : Jun 2007

This is a juvenile... just fledged from the nest.

Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D
Lens Sigma 50mm-500mm F4-6.3
Focal length (35mm equiv) : 750mm
Apeture : F9.0
Shutter speed : 1/3200
ISO : 800
Date : Sep 2007

Sony A700
Lens Sigma 50mm-500mm F4-6.3
Focal length : 500mm
Apeture : F9.0
Shutter speed : 1/500
ISO : 200
Date : Oct 2008