The falcon is the national bird of the United Arab Emirates, and falconry here goes back around 2000 years. The clubhouse at the Abu Dhabi course where I have been working this week is designed with this in mind as you can see from the picture. It is a very nice building inside, and it's quite something to see up close, imposing at first but quite a statement too.
Due to weather delays the last couple of morning, we were in before the sunrise again for another long day on camera covering the final day;s play of the Abu Dhabi Championship, so I grabbed this shot during the brief lunch break.
I have tried before to grab a shot so glad I finally did it.
3 good things:
1 - A lovely lunch today - the local catering here is lovely...!
2 - Awesome hot weather out on the course today
3 - A very quick de-rig of the kit into the trucks before they roll out tonight to Doha, for next week's golf
