Osprey, Hawk, Egret, GBH

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited February 27, 2006 in Wildlife
Today I had the great pleasure of shooting with my great friend and birder extraordinaire, Harry Behret. Ian's here, too - and we're going to have the 500mm shootout tomorrow, weather cooperating. Harry's a great guide, he really knows his birds!

Wildlife is hard! Here are a few that I was able to manage:

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All shot with Canon 5D and 70-200 f/2.8L IS, 1.4xTC, at 280mm.

Enjoy (shooting with old friends) photography,

Andy
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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2006
    i think you might give Harry a run for his money Andythumb.gif
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited February 23, 2006
    Sweet~
  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Andy shooting raptors, isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse??:D

    Cool shots Andy... I envy you guys, sounds like fun..
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    nandysso wrote:
    Sweet~
    Suck-up blbl.gif
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Nice shots Andy did you guys go to the Orlando NWLR? That hawk looks awfully familiar.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Cool shots, Andy!!! Of course.......of course! Yeah, I am sucking up, but then again I do that to get comments!

    And what is there to criticize???? Great Ospreys! Nice Hawk! Cool props!

    ginger
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Way to go Andythumb.gif
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    WTG! Andyclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    using your 70-200 on a FF camera even with the 1.4tc I would have thought would be too limiting to capture a hawk in flight.... but i guess you show once again how my thinking is wrong.... Really Nice images!!!!!
    BTW, I can not believe ( now that I know how to spot them ) how many hawks are right along the Taconic Parkway. Yesterday I counted 12 between Millwood and "our exit".....

    Have funny with Harry and Ian and one more BTW, when did you get a 500 mm???


    troy
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    windoze wrote:
    using your 70-200 on a FF camera even with the 1.4tc I would have thought would be too limiting to capture a hawk in flight.... but i guess you show once again how my thinking is wrong.... Really Nice images!!!!!
    BTW, I can not believe ( now that I know how to spot them ) how many hawks are right along the Taconic Parkway. Yesterday I counted 12 between Millwood and "our exit".....

    Have funny with Harry and Ian and one more BTW, when did you get a 500 mm???


    troy


    Troy, shhhh, this is Florida where they were shooting! Diff states, the birds have diff rules as to how close they will let a human get.

    Shhhhhh, maybe we could get colors for the different states... mine is a Carolina Blue, where the birds fly free and expect their personal space (a mile) to be respected). Actually, I am sure I have it easier than some, but I have to shoot "landscapes" with birds, most of the time (there are exceptions). Birds do not like people. here. And they don't have to, plenty of room to roam: marsh to marsh to marsh.

    ginger

    Still I have a 70-200, well it ain't easy. I used it a lot at the expo, Andy done real good, he really did!

    Damn!
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Let the fest begin:

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  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    ahhhhhh the brightness! i'm blindddd lol3.gif


    Andy, please tell me you aren't turning into harry:harry...for god's sake man eat a fresh bagel and come back to the light!
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  • Desert RatDesert Rat Registered Users Posts: 103 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Well now Andy I think Harry has you beat..thumb.gif What is with the noise in the background on that Egret shot? I think you have to switch to the darkside and get a Nikon camera.. lol3.giflol3.gif
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    So where are Harry and Ian's shots? Andy, your in Florida with Harry, you could have shot that Egret with a 50mm. Where are the Eagles and Caracara, and especially a Limpkin? Or has Harry sent them all up North for your visit?
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Desert Rat wrote:
    What is with the noise in the background on that Egret shot?

    wave.gif ISO 1600, Harry can control the birds but not the light.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Nice series Andy.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Harry in his element:

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,262 moderator
    edited February 24, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Harry in his element:

    Do we all get those red hats for the Utah Shootout?
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    David_S85 wrote:
    Do we all get those red hats for the Utah Shootout?

    nod.gif we will be a red-hatted SmugMug Army.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    ehughes wrote:
    isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse??:D


    lol3.gif

    It could be. I'll tell ya, that this bird shooting business, it's hard work. Thanks for looking, and commenting, Ed!
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    lol3.gif

    It could be. I'll tell ya, that this bird shooting business, it's hard work. Thanks for looking, and commenting, Ed!


    Andy, we know, a great photographer is a great photographer, etc.....and well, that might be pushing it.

    You got some wonderful bird shots with your toy 70-200. If you switched, I haven't seen them yet. The only place I could, and, in fact, had to use the 70-200 for birds was at the Wildlife Expo.

    Come see me and we can "hunt" us some birds. What we get, to start with, is the hope of ONE eagle like a mile away! I carry everything, you probably go it with one lens. I have done that there. Lots of walking.

    Much walking. And Hunting............as in trying to find! Then the birds have their little games such as, she will be almost here and I will fly! when she isn't looking, of course! HEHE.

    You all come see me, you hear? Serious birding in these parts! With the emphasis on "hunt" right now.

    ginger
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Harry in his element:


    Now I love that: The Harry Bird and his element! Actually there the birds are a bit "over there". Maybe he is aiming at a closer one.

    ginger
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    red hats - like the orange that the hunters wear - so you won't shoot each other? Or to make the shooters more visible targets themselves? :D
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    The real picture?
    Andy wrote:
    Harry in his element:
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    I love this shot! It tells a story. See the photographer? See those white specks? Those are birds. Harry is the photographer's name. Harry is stalking the birds. He's using a light gathering magnifying lens on a stick to make his bird images look like he's taking their picture from 5 feet away!

    Did you bring Harry some New York bagels? He must be missing them by now. That's the one thing we can't replace out here in Cali land, real genuine NY bagel taste! They tell me it's the difference in the water.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    Hey Andy,

    Those shots aren't too bad for a rookie birdman. rolleyes1.gif

    Seriously that's some real nice work especially the osprey and hawk shots.

    To everyone else I'll be posting my shots once Andy stops sleeping in my computer room and I can access my shots.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    nice shots
    in 1st one it looks like it is hanging mwink.gif
    also it looks like a vilion of spiderman 1 headscratch.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Andy, we know, a great photographer is a great photographer, etc.....and well, that might be pushing it.

    You got some wonderful bird shots with your toy 70-200.

    rolleyes1.gifwave.gif hey Ginger, thanks for looking, and stopping! Birding is hard :D
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  • Bob&GlennieBob&Glennie Registered Users Posts: 320 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2006
    Hi Andy, I love the Osprey; especially #2. What a beautiful bird. Great detail.
    I can really empathize with Ginger. Birds are real skittish around here too. You really only get consistantly good results with a blind. I did manage to get a Great Gray Owl at night sitting on a fence post but the only way I could keep him long enough was to blind him with the car lights. And wouldn't you know it I DIDN'T HAVE MY GOOD CAMERA WITH ME!!! I had to use Glennie's 2MP!!! point and shoot! The picture is really good but I can't get anything bigger than 8x10 that holds together.
    I found a promising looking marsh today where Great Horned Owl, Wood Ducks and GBHerons will be nesting in due season. Wish me luck with a 400mm.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2006
    Gator
    The light was flat and horrible nearly all the time, hence the BW

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