Back from the UAE
Jan 2nd, 2012 by Frank Grisdale
I was in the UAE for the 3rd International Falconry Festival, as a guest of the sponsors. Highlight for me was spending two days in the weathering tents – where all the birds are kept quiet and shaded while the festival is on. I was the only photographer allowed access to the birds – I had a studio set up on the grass under a tent – with LED lights and white backgrounds. The handlers would bring me birds one by one, and I would shoot close ups of each one. The most beautiful bird was the Aplomado from Bolivia and Peru. It is a little falcon, but very fast and strikingly beautiful. It’s favorite prey is other small birds.
