Shooting with Andy and Ian
Hi y'all,
I just spent the last few days with Andy and Ian. We had hoped to complete the 500mm shoot-off but we ran into to some real poor weather with lousy lighting. Despite that it was great to meet Ian (real nice guy) and to reunite with my ole NYC shooting partner Andy. Once we got Andy fed and we made sure he had a fluffy blanket for his nap time things went well.
Despite the lousy weather I had a great time and I managed to sneak in a few pics
I know, a gull picture :puke but I felt it was appropriate as this was the kind of bird Andy was used to shooting.
This was a shot I screwed up nicely. The first snow goose I've seen in these parts. When he took off I didn't open up the aperture so I ended up shooting at 1/750 sec, way too slow for a flight shot. :bash
This was one of the last shots Ian and I got in. It was kind of difficult because Andy didn't have any long glass so he sat in the car. Andy got a tad impatient so he would rev up the engine and shout out the window "don't you have enough shots of that lousy caracara yet". Ian and I persisted however.
This was shot of a bird I haven't seen in these parts before. I'm posting it because Andy threatened to take my Smugmug hat away unless I posted one pic of him.
I just spent the last few days with Andy and Ian. We had hoped to complete the 500mm shoot-off but we ran into to some real poor weather with lousy lighting. Despite that it was great to meet Ian (real nice guy) and to reunite with my ole NYC shooting partner Andy. Once we got Andy fed and we made sure he had a fluffy blanket for his nap time things went well.
Despite the lousy weather I had a great time and I managed to sneak in a few pics
I know, a gull picture :puke but I felt it was appropriate as this was the kind of bird Andy was used to shooting.
This was a shot I screwed up nicely. The first snow goose I've seen in these parts. When he took off I didn't open up the aperture so I ended up shooting at 1/750 sec, way too slow for a flight shot. :bash
This was one of the last shots Ian and I got in. It was kind of difficult because Andy didn't have any long glass so he sat in the car. Andy got a tad impatient so he would rev up the engine and shout out the window "don't you have enough shots of that lousy caracara yet". Ian and I persisted however.
This was shot of a bird I haven't seen in these parts before. I'm posting it because Andy threatened to take my Smugmug hat away unless I posted one pic of him.
Harry
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Like that osprey shot. I stalked a pair of these for a few days over at my parents lake. I went as far as taking a little row boat out with a camo blind attached to it so I could hide under their "tree". Damn things never came around while I was lurking. I'm going to just use the shot gun and then stuff them to recreate some of the shots. :uhoh
I was curious about that night heron shot. How far did you have to walk to find him? Did you just walk out your back door and look up on the roof...or did you have to walk 15' to the tree out back? Please tell me you didn't have to get in a car and drive to find him. :uhoh
I'm going to find some eagles one of these days.....SOON!!! Then you and the other local shooters I met at MI3 can come down for a "raptor fest".
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ginger, I think our lighting is lousy this AM, but I just did that one the other day.
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You just keep getting better and better! The osprey shot is Outstanding !!! I have yet to get s decent caracara...still trying!
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Actually the light agreed with a lot of the images you posted. But that picture of Andy -- not very flattering :
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Hey Mike,
The weather has been real sucky the last 3 days. Its funny that the weather gets ugly whenever I have visitors down. It was cold and breezy during the big shoot and as soon as Andy hit town it clouded up and started to rain.
I've been considering a shotgun myself to use on those damn kingfishers. :rambo
The night heron shot was a toughie. First I had to survive Andy's driving. He drives ok usually but when he's hungry, as it was in this case, he drives like he was at Daytona. We had just finished shooting some spoonbills when a few night herons flew in. I had to walk almost two yards to get the shot. :hurt
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Wow! Great shots. Harry, have you done a book yet? Birds of Florida?
I can see one on my coffee table. Outstanding work.
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Thanks. That was a hard day for Andy. He's city folk and found himself in a swamp behind a water treatment plant. He was the scanning the horizon for a Starbucks. :lol4
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Thanks Nick. The snow goose is OK but it could have been so better with a slight adjustment.
What can I tell you about Andy. A great guy, outstanding photographer, but definitely high maintenance.
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Hey Dee,
The light was a killer after the first day. We lost lots of shots because of it. Andy is so good looking its tough to do justice to the lad. He was hungry, on top of an observation tower with the wind blowing in his face, and he was looking unsuccessfully for a Starbucks in the swamp.
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I don't think anyone can keep up with your wit!
I'm surprised Starbucks didn't hear about Andy's visit and build a special little Starbucks Kiosk in the swamp just for him! From what I've hard you say, the temporary kiosk would have paid for itself with Andy's patronage... And who's to say how many other swamp visitors who stumble on this wildlife park behind a sewage plant wouldn't appreciate a nice frap before their venture. And after dodging the turtles and 'gators, glad that they were still alive, would fall into the starbuck's kiosk, hop online and e-mail all their family and friends the good news of their survival while sippin' a cool one.
OK I'm rambling a bit -- beddie time for me! I just can't be as suscint and quick as the Harry Wit Master! :-(
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Thnaks Steve. That wa sthe most cooperative hawk I've shot. He just sat there and psoed for a good long time.
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Not to worry I still have my Smugmug hat. I even wear it to bed now.
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Thanks Snappy. One of these days I will have to find something to do with all of these pics.
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Thanks PF. That was the first snow goose I have seen down here so far. The caracaras are infrequent visitors to the wetlands since their nest got raided by the racoons. They now roost on the edges of the wetlands.
Good luck with those sandhills.
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Thanks Ed.
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Andy was quite put out that the wetlands did not have latte service. As he put it "if you can have alligators here would be so hard to put in a coffee service?"
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Thanks Al. I didn't have Andy tethered but that would had been a great idea.
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