Blue skies and red kites!

I know I said I'd write a post on rollers next - but the light was pretty good today so I managed a few Red kite shots locally which I have been meaning to have a stab at for a while. I'm very lucky in that I don't need to travel at all to see these beauties, in Oxfordshire they are now a common sight, even over towns and gardens.

The low winter sun is perfect for flight shots (so long as you can make the time to get out during the very short days..).

A little gutted I clipped the wings here!

Nothing that's going to feature in the BBC Wildlife magazine but some pleasing images that I will be working to improve. My ultimate goal for a red kite flight shot is to catch the bird with its wing up (the sun hitting the plumage of course..), staring at the camera, with a blurred out deep green background. I think dark green complements red kite plumage perfectly.