Went looking for #1 Shots and

bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
edited October 23, 2005 in Wildlife
got distracted (Harry's Eagle line :D) by this birdie :lol3
Honest :lol4

Posser
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A missed fishing attempt
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Success lunch is served :D
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And how could I end this little post without some wing chopping ( I am a serial chopper, you know :D)
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited October 20, 2005
    Really wonderful shots, Ben! Wonderful!

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    #2 nod.gif
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Looking for #1 shots at 420mm huh? Maybe that was your first mistakemwink.gif .
    These are fabulous Ben. #2 is just awsome, nice timing. What is the green stuff on his chest in #1? Maybe he needs a bib:eat .
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Better to flunk the assignment and land these beauts. thumb.gifthumb.gif Do like that second one.... Well done machinegun clap.gif


    You know you'll have to take the class over..though. rolleyes1.gif "F"

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,009 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    well I guess these are OK but he did miss the fish ne_nau.gif and you did clip the wing and the fish is a little dark in oneumph.gif other than that they are daamm gggoooodd thumb.gifclap.gifrolleyes1.gif sharpest yet
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Really wonderful shots, Ben! Wonderful!

    ginger

    thank you Ginger
    happy with the word Wonderful and you used it twice thumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    #2 nod.gif

    Hey Harry
    somehow knew you'd pick that, me too :D
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited October 21, 2005
    I like #1 with #2 a close second.

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  • traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Just fabulous...
    Now what Canon lens were you using? jest kidding!...really spectacular series...:jawdrop

    Regards...Keith
    bfjr wrote:
    got distracted (Harry's Eagle line :D) by this birdie lol3.gif
    Honest :lol4

    Posser
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    A missed fishing attempt
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    Success lunch is served :D
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    And how could I end this little post without some wing chopping ( I am a serial chopper, you know :D)
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    Beam me outta here!:winkKT
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    gluwater wrote:
    Looking for #1 shots at 420mm huh? Maybe that was your first mistakemwink.gif .
    These are fabulous Ben. #2 is just awsome, nice timing. What is the green stuff on his chest in #1? Maybe he needs a bib:eat .

    Morning Nick and Thanks

    420mm you mean you can't use that for landscapes, Geeeeezz now ya tell me :lol
    green stuff..... Hmm don't rightly know ..... grass stains ?? ne_nau.gif
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  • HiggmeisterHiggmeister Registered Users Posts: 909 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    I need to spend more time browsing this forum. Damn those are nice shotsthumb.gif. I like them all, including the wing clipping. The closest to a raptor I see around here is a quail, slightly higher in the pecking order than the pigeons:D.

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited October 21, 2005
    Holy Cow!!

    Ben, you've outdone yourself thumb.gifthumb.gif I like em all, but I agree with Harry #2 is schweeeeeet clap.gif

    Outstanding work (are you sure that's not Jeff in an Osprey outfit?.....lol)


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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Better to flunk the assignment and land these beauts. thumb.gifthumb.gif Do like that second one.... Well done machinegun clap.gif


    You know you'll have to take the class over..though. rolleyes1.gif "F"

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    There always tomorrow thumb.gif cause it's pretty gray outside right now :cry
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    well I guess these are OK but he did miss the fish ne_nau.gif and you did clip the wing and the fish is a little dark in oneumph.gif other than that they are daamm gggoooodd thumb.gifclap.gifrolleyes1.gif sharpest yet

    Geeeezzz Picky Picky Picky :lol4

    I would have done better but I ate my pineapple on the way there :D
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited October 21, 2005
    eh, they're ok. Sunday, I'll show you how to really do it right! :D
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  • iceman17iceman17 Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    Man oh man,how did you manage to talk that bird into going fishing,catching a fish,and the flying toward you,im thinking someone can talk to the animals.

    Realy,realy,realy good shots Ben....ice
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    but they made me give it back.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    I like #1 with #2 a close second.

    Ian

    Thanks so much Ian for stopping by and commenting, thank you :D
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2005
    traunerk wrote:
    Now what Canon lens were you using? jest kidding!...really spectacular series...:jawdrop

    Regards...Keith

    Oh Keith you got me
    I shot these with a Canon S100........ not !! :lol4
    really happy you like thumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2005
    Higgmeister wrote:
    I need to spend more time browsing this forum. Damn those are nice shotsthumb.gif. I like them all, including the wing clipping. The closest to a raptor I see around here is a quail, slightly higher in the pecking order than the pigeons:D.

    Chris

    thanks Chris
    Please do visit and comment anytime....... appreciate your time
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Holy Cow!!

    Ben, you've outdone yourself thumb.gifthumb.gif I like em all, but I agree with Harry #2 is schweeeeeet clap.gif

    Outstanding work (are you sure that's not Jeff in an Osprey outfit?.....lol)


    Steve

    Hey Steve
    Are you kidding ne_nau.gif do you know how much Jeff charges for that service rolleyes1.gif. Besides you know how expensive Osprey outfits are during Halloween season$$$$$$$ :lol4

    always appreciate your time Steve, thanks
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2005
    iceman17 wrote:
    Man oh man,how did you manage to talk that bird into going fishing,catching a fish,and the flying toward you,im thinking someone can talk to the animals.
    ....ice
    Yeah...Ben's a regular Dr. Doolittle. He talks to the animals.....but they just look at him confused and eventually ignore him.

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2005
    Angelo wrote:
    eh, they're ok. Sunday, I'll show you how to really do it right! :D

    Well now that's a Challenge I'm up to. Hey I even told Mr. Osprey and he said............ well I can't tell ya (G rating and all :D) but I can show ya his reaction lol3.gif

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2005
    iceman17 wrote:
    Man oh man,how did you manage to talk that bird into going fishing,catching a fish,and the flying toward you,im thinking someone can talk to the animals.

    Realy,realy,realy good shots Ben....ice

    Hey Ice
    thank you
    Yeah I talk to the birdies....... I say here birdie birdie :lol4 works every time rolleyes1.gif
    Nah just patience and a whole lot o luck thumb.gif
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  • Nee7x7Nee7x7 Registered Users Posts: 459 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2005
    Can Holy Cow be used more than once in a thread??!!! What an awesome series, Ben. I have one question, tho... how on earth can the bird still fly when it gets all waterlogged like that? Amazing shots...something I've never seen living here in dry and dusty Central California! Cowabunga, Dude!!! thumb.gif

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2005
    Nee7x7 wrote:
    Can Holy Cow be used more than once in a thread??!!! What an awesome series, Ben. I have one question, tho... how on earth can the bird still fly when it gets all waterlogged like that? Amazing shots...something I've never seen living here in dry and dusty Central California! Cowabunga, Dude!!! thumb.gif

    ~Nee rolleyes1.gif

    Hey Thanks so much Nee, really glad you enjoyed
    Birds don't really get wet, honest all birds have a dust (some have down) that is extremely water repellent.

    In fact when I give my parrots a bath it takes an immense amount of constant water to even make them begin to look wet.

    There's an old saying goes, "Trouble rolls of my back like water on a Duck", it is quite true (the water part)

    Thanks again for enjoying my work thumb.gif
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