a great capture

jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
edited October 31, 2005 in Wildlife
Ben and I went shooting a friend of mine came up as soon as we got there and said you have to see this so off we went and this is what we had to see One less rodent and some great shots :thumb
Jeff W

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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    WOW!!


    Great shot with even greater detailthumb.gif

    Eric
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Outstanding shot Jeff, clap.gif
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  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding shot Jeff, clap.gif
    wonderful capture jeff...one of your best for sure!!!thumb.gif

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  • behr655behr655 Registered Users Posts: 552 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Eric&Susan wrote:
    WOW!!


    Great shot with even greater detailthumb.gif

    Eric
    What he said.

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    What can I say ........ well Ok
    this one perfect !! thumb.gifclap.gif
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Beautiful Jeff!! clap.gifclap
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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Jeff this is absolutly the best. Outstanding. Tell me more about this beautiful animal. A great capture indeed.
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    Excellent Jeff thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    Wonderful duck capture, Jeff. thumb.gifthumb.gifrolleyes1.gif Ok...I did happen to notice it was a raptor... You do know you suck..right? :D One of these days.... I'm going to find me a BOP. I'm tired of these snowy egrets.ne_nau.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    thanks the story is like this .I want to thank Bud ,a great guy and an outdoors man .As I got out of my truck he said --stated above .The 3 of us took off ,on the way he told us he saw a hawk take a squirrel down and he walk up to with in a few feet of him .We went to the spot of the kill and no bird ,that is when he said he flew to a tree [it was a bush ] and we all looked and nothing as we turned to leave a movement eek7.gif there he was on the ground with his kill Ben and I crawled around the bush and shot him --very grey dark day and he was under the bush --so here we are 10 feet from from one of my best moments in upclose wildlife [right up there with chasing bears in yosemite rolleyes1.gif ]and very hard exposer .I always give the animal his due never take more than you need, always leave before you scare or make the bird in this case so scared they never come back .So I said lets go leave him to eat .Then Ben pointed out that our shots from under the tree not so good [he was right ] the bird came out in the open but did not fly. My shot was from as far as you could get away and have a clean shot in the undergrowth .Ben has head shots that are great ,he was very close thumb.gif the bird came out his side 1drink.gif then off we went and left him be and not get greedy and shoot and shoot .I only have 3 good shots but I also have a great memory and he had a meal .
    Jeff W

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  • PossumCornerPossumCorner Registered Users Posts: 290 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    Just magic -
    - definitely belongs on the calendar together with your sunset image on the Assignment #1 that I just looked at. But the bird, oh geee. I have one question, did you go on calmly with the shoot, or did you race home to look at it on screen?
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    One of your best Jeff. Beautiful.
  • Aussie_blueyAussie_bluey Registered Users Posts: 593 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2005
    Nice shot, I like the detail in the feathers.

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2005
    thank you all for the nice comments and thoughts thumb.gif Aussie 4labs PossumCorner and thanks for the comment on assignment shot and yes we did finish the day and you know the thought did cross our minds to go look [I think we all do the same thing rolleyes1.gif see that shot in the little veiwer and after you get home----you say were the h--- is that great shot i took this is a fuzzzzzy one ,I want my great shot ne_nau.gif did the card eat it headscratch.gif ] Bird Man Photographer, ehughes, dallas [good shooting with you again hope the pup is goodthumb.gif ]behr655, Eric&Susan thank you one and all for looking and taking the time to pat me on the back --this is on THE WALL :D one of my best captures to date and a great time , Ben good shooting as always wish ever day was like that one -to think about it even on our bad days we have fun :Drolleyes1.gif time for you to post your head shots thumb.gif thanks again everyone your comments,that made my picture that much more memorable clap.gif
    Jeff W

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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited October 31, 2005
    dang, that is sweet. how close did you get?

    edit: never mind, I found the answer... congrats Jeff. Excellent capture. Good thing I stayed home... I would have scared him off. :):
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