My attempt at Raptor portraits

David-Stallard

After seeing such phenominal Eagle / Hawk photos I thought it about time I gave it a go, this is what I came up with, hope you approve.

.DAVID.

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Just need to practice the 'in flight' shots now - man you guys are good

.DAVID.

Bud1880

Terrific detail David. I think you've got that mastered. When you figure out the flight shots clue me in will you?

Bud

raptorcaptor

Very nice especially the first three!

David-Stallard

Thank you, shame we don't get them in the wild (not around the centre of London anyway) Would love to try for the natral fishing shots.

.DAVID.

Netgarden

Gnome wrote:

Thank you, shame we don't get them in the wild (not around the centre of London anyway) Would love to try for the natral fishing shots.

.DAVID.

Beautiful detail David. Yeah it's very time consuming finding their feeding areas. A nest nearby helps, as it gets more action in that area. And shutterspeed is the ultimate challenge for BIFs. Sometimes I move to Tv or Shutter and choose around 1/1600 sec to be sure of sharpness. And I have to up my exposure at least 1 stop, like 1.2. I get away with it with a teleconverter added too. The teleconverter makes for some slow shutterspeeds otherwise.

Gale

Tough to do in the wild

Harryb

Excellent set.