So Close

I already had my pics for the day but this evening, the Tawny Frogmouth was back hunting beetles and I just couldn't help myself.
I had taken a couple of good shots of him sitting on the clothes line and was about to take another but just as I pressed the shutter, he took off after a beetle. Love the way his feet are still on the perch.
If only I hadn't zoomed in so much I would have got all his wings in the frame. Damn :-(

[Denise (lyndemc)]

I wonder if his thought after this shot was "Blinded by the flash!" That beetle got lucky....

[Graham Thresher]

First class. Fav

[Peter]

Another stunning image with all that super detail and colour Terry;)

[Angelieke]

Great capture!

[Janiskay]

I just hate when that happens?

[Rosie Kind]

what a stunning eye he has

[Lynette]

Great shot Terry. Fav. It must indeed be Frogmouth time - we hadn't seen any for ages then last night we sitting on the deck when one suddenly appeared on a tree stump right in front of us!

[sally agnew]

He is onto a snack I would say, well caught Poppo :)

[Denise Wood]

Great shot! Never mind - next time you'll get all the wings. He'll be back :)

[Peter Grave]

Great shot Terry.FAv

[Keith Porteous]

Fabulous!

[Martin Jalkotzy]

Nice, virtually a BIF! Are you using a burst mode on your camera? It's one of the changes I made to chase after birds that won't sit still.

[Rachel]

So great that is in your back yard! Great shot.

[Milanie]

His feet were the first thing I spotted - what detail there. Very nice lighting and color. Really neat looking bird.

[Poppo Livy]

@mjalkotzy I would normally use burst mode for attempted BIF shots Martin but I cant use it with the flash enabled so it is single shot only with these night time shots

[Martin Jalkotzy]

@terryliv Ah, yes. That makes things a tad more difficult!

[Jenny Ren]

Great shot!

[Tony]

Great to see it in action.

[Sam]

They are definitely fast!

[Debbie]

excellent capture

[Robyn]

Wow, you are so lucky he keeps coming back