Harlan's Red Tail (etc.)

Ron Reznick

Jeff Wear and I hopped over to Sepulveda WR this morning (well, really only Jeff was hopping... he squished his big toe this morning under a lift gate -- OUCH!). Anyway, the best opportunity was a hovering kite that stuck around watching the idiot photographer put my camera on the tripod (just as I arrived), then boogied out as soon as he saw I was ready to shoot [sigh]. I did get a shot of a Harlan's Red Tail (only the 2nd one I've seen), plus some other more typical stuff.

700mm @ f/5.6, D2x






A couple of tricky shots of a Snowy Egret against dark BGs:




If you want to wander around a bit, some others from Sepulveda WR are here:
http://www.trapagon.com/temp/SepulvedaWR/

Happy Turkey Day!

Ron

pathfinder

Very nice series, Ron,

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, also.

Harryb

Hope you had a good thanksgiving Ron. Love the hawk captures.

If you take Jeff out you have to keep an eye on him and out of trouble. He's getting kind of old, you know. :lol4

jwear

great shots Teacher I will not know until I get back home to see my shots on how i did --and take care of the toe --I think I would have not hopped along so much if I did not have to carry your gear :cry and Harry I am not getting old --I am there :cry :cry great shooting with you again Ron It was a fun morning you the MAN

Osprey Whisperer

Nice series Ron.

bfjr

Harryb wrote:

Hope you had a good thanksgiving Ron. Love the hawk captures.

If you take Jeff out you have to keep an eye on him and out of trouble. He's getting kind of old, you know. :lol4

truer words have never been spoken, but maybe Ron sabotaged poor old Jeff, ya know so he good get the shot

Ron great underbelly detail on that 1st one.

Awais Yaqub

wow beautiful photography teacher

Dick on Aruba

Very nice Series Ron. I like the 3th the most. The last appears a bit soft but certainly a keeper.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

JenGrace

Great pictures, and nice to meet you.

Ron Reznick

Nice to 'meet' you too, Jen... and thanks!

Dick, I backfocused that last Snowy pic a little... tricky tracking job.

Thanks, Awais.

bfjr, I sabotage Jeff at every opportunity. Don't want him getting too good of a shot... or his head will swell to match his toe :ivar

BTW, Jeff -- we're ALL getting older, but YOU are OLD!



Thanks, Bird Man. Ever been to Alcatraz?



PS: Some from today with the Old Man again:

700mm, 1/90s (!) wide open @ f/5.6 -- shooting through a ton of branches and reeds


This isn't a great shot, but check the wing position on the male:



Aerobatics (1:1 crop from original, taken at great distance):



More here:
http://www.trapagon.com/temp/SepulvedaWR/sRGB2/

Ron

Osprey Whisperer

Ron Reznick wrote:

Thanks, Bird Man. Ever been to Alcatraz?



Ron

<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/headscratch.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/headscratch.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > Nope...nor any other like facility. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/ne_nau.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > What did I do to make you ask? <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/mwink.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > <returns Jeff's walker>

Ron Reznick

Just joking... famous film with Burt Lancaster ('The Bird Man of Alcatraz'). I was in a silly mood yesterday.



Ron

raptorcaptor

Love the kite shots! The soft focus really works well for them!

Osprey Whisperer

Ron Reznick wrote:

Just joking... famous film with Burt Lancaster ('The Bird Man of Alcatraz'). I was in a silly mood yesterday.



Ron

I must have missed that movie. You can't act silly on this forum. It's NOT allowed...just aske Ben & Jeff.

pathfinder

For sure!! For sure!! Riiiiiiiggghhtt!!!!:D:D:D

Twisted Image

nice shots...great action

bfjr

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

You can't act silly on this forum. It's NOT allowed...just aske Ben & Jeff.

Now ya tell me !! :wow :ivar

Nice shots Ron, Ooopps I already said that, no worries, it's worth a second comment !