Festival Raptors

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited November 20, 2005 in Wildlife
Hey Y'all,

I attended my area's wildlife festival today and the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and the Raptor Project brough in some raptors.

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Crested Caracara

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American Kestrel

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Short-eared Owl

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Prairie Falcon

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Eagle Owl

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Artic Gyrfalcon (juvenile)

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Prairie Falcon

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Peregrine Falcon (tundra)

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I got to talking to the folks from the Audubon Center as they are only an hour's drive from my house. They said that they would be willing to arrange for a special tour for the folks attending the Feb., 2006 shoot where they would bring some raptors out from behind their bars so we could get some very clear shots of them. :clap
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Excellent shots thumb.gif
    If I get to go I wanna go there too !!

    I notice you used flash, right? Why spot metering?
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Cool beans, Harry. thumb.gif Yeah..looks dark there. How 'bout some info on the lighting and technique used. Nice rich colors.


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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    great shots for a camera that is not working :D how about a birdie id headscratch.gifne_nau.gif with the nice pic.s
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Excellent shots thumb.gif
    If I get to go I wanna go there too !!

    I notice you used flash, right? Why spot metering?
    Thanks Ben. These were shot in-doors in a fairly dimly lit room. I shot on manual and used spot metering for more control and because I was shooting fairly stationary subjects. I used my SB-800 flash set to TTL. I could get a decent shutter speed on the lighter birds or when I was really close to the bird. With the darker birds or when I shot at a greater distance I really had to drop the shutter speed.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Thanks Ben. These were shot in-doors in a fairly dimly lit room. I shot on manual and used spot metering for more control and because I was shooting fairly stationary subjects. I used my SB-800 flash set to TTL. I could get a decent shutter speed on the lighter birds or when I was really close to the bird. With the darker birds or when I shot at a greater distance I really had to drop the shutter speed.
    what lens did you use
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    what lens did you use
    <guessing a zoom between 80mm and 120mm> <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/umph.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Ummmmmm Just A Thought Harry.......
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Y'all,

    I attended my area's wildlife festival today and the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and the Raptor Project brough in some raptors.
    I got to talking to the folks from the Audubon Center as they are only an hour's drive from my house. They said that they would be willing to arrange for a special tour for the folks attending the Feb., 2006 shoot where they would bring some raptors out from behind their bars so we could get some very clear shots of them. clap.gif

    Do you guys know what Sparrows look like ?? eek7.gif how come I never see ya's post sparrow shots ?? not good enough for ya hu ?? hehehehe ohhhh sure we know you've got those big fancy Eagles with the humungus (don't take offence Gus, I aint using your name in vain okay) wing span .....but think about it......those little brown sparrows........they will never be Eagles rolleyes1.gif

    It aint fair I tell you, I got heaps of Sparrows over here rolleyes1.gif but no Eagles that I've seen........hmmmmmmmm well I also got heaps of Seagulls do they count?? :D another set of excellent bird shots from you yet again .
    And Once Again I say *sign* why couldn't it be me mwink.gif Skippy (Australia)
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited November 19, 2005
    Hey Harry, can you tell us what some of the more unusual raptors are called? I could only ID about 2 of them!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    Hey Harry, can you tell us what some of the more unusual raptors are called? I could only ID about 2 of them!
    No problem. I just edited my post with IDs for the rapors.
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Excellent series Harry. thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Cool beans, Harry. thumb.gif Yeah..looks dark there. How 'bout some info on the lighting and technique used. Nice rich colors.


    MM

    Thanks Mike. I think my response to Ben answered your questions.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    great shots for a camera that is not working :D how about a birdie id headscratch.gifne_nau.gif with the nice pic.s

    Thanks Jeff. I shot on maual partly because I didn't trust the camera's metering. I added IDs on to my post and I shot the pics with my 24-120VR lens. The VR was invaluable considering some of the low shutters speeds I shot at.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Marvells
    great photos
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Skippy wrote:
    Do you guys know what Sparrows look like ?? eek7.gif how come I never see ya's post sparrow shots ?? not good enough for ya hu ?? hehehehe ohhhh sure we know you've got those big fancy Eagles with the humungus (don't take offence Gus, I aint using your name in vain okay) wing span .....but think about it......those little brown sparrows........they will never be Eagles rolleyes1.gif

    It aint fair I tell you, I got heaps of Sparrows over here rolleyes1.gif but no Eagles that I've seen........hmmmmmmmm well I also got heaps of Seagulls do they count?? :D another set of excellent bird shots from you yet again .
    And Once Again I say *sign* why couldn't it be me mwink.gif Skippy (Australia)

    Sure we know what a sprrow looks like. In fact the other name for the Kestrel is "Sparrow Hawk". They love eating sparrows. :D

    If you ever get to Florida we will introduce you to some birds tahta re a tad larger than sparrows.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Rohirrim wrote:
    Excellent series Harry. thumb.gif
    Thank you very much Steve.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2005
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Marvells
    great photos
    Thank you very much Awais.
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