I like this picture of a southern crested cara cara a lot, but one thing bothers me. The fact that the old fence post has a man-made cut on the top of it takes a little away from this picture. At least, it does for me. Nature pictures should, in my opinion, be devoid of the hand of man. There are exceptions to this, but not many. I prefer that the entire frame be natural. Besides that, everything else about this shot works -- the soft light, the turn of the head, the out of focus background, and the frame-filling composition. I used a 500mm lens, 1/250, f/4, 1250 ISO, hand held. I took this picture in the Pantanal just outside the lodge in southwestern Brazil.
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