Buzzard in the evening

two things: things always happen when you’re already on your way home, and secondly, when the light is fading. Thanks to new technology, something worthwhile usually still comes out of it. This buzzard took flight right from us and landed in a tree just a few meters away as I cycled home from training with Josh yesterday evening. And he wasn’t bothered at all, because there’s always a lot going on at this spot, by the old oak tree by the Haimbach stream. He sat completely unperturbed on his branch and let me circle him until I was about 5 meters away – him on a branch above me. When he flew, he only ever flew a short distance. It was already too dark, so I shot handheld with the large lens at 1/400th of a second. You can tell the lack of light from the pale colors and the low contrast: no shadows! But my heart soared. It’s something special when animals let you get so close.