First photo with my new Bigma! Some sort of falcon :)

DRT-Maverick

DRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins

February 7, 2008 edited February 9, 2008 in Wildlife

I saw it flying around from telephone line to telephone line while I was driving a bumpy dirt road mudded over from the winter's storm. I thought it was a regular bird, it's the size of a female robin, the way it glided though caught my attention, so I aimed my new lens its way and this is waht I saw.

Pentax K20D 14.6mp Body : Pentax *ist D 6.1mp Body : Pentax ZX10 Body : 180mm Sigma Macro EX lens : 18-55mm Pentax SMC DA Lens : 28-200mm Sigma Lens : 50-500mm Sigma APO DG EX lens : Pentax AF-500FTZ flash : Sigma EX 2x Teleconverter.

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jeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins

February 7, 2008 edited February 7, 2008

Congrats on the new glass! Looks like you're off to a pretty fast start

You have a wonderful shot of a kestrel there too.

-j

www.lapiz007.smugmug.com

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Giphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins

February 7, 2008 edited February 7, 2008

Sweet shot! And congrats on the bigma! Enjoy!

Mike Helbig

http://www.michaelhelbigphotography.com
http://www.thewildpig.blogspot.com
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dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins

February 7, 2008 edited February 7, 2008

great shot of a Kestral & congrats on the bigma...

**If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
Dave
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DRT-Maverick Registered Users Posts: 476 Major grins

February 8, 2008 edited February 8, 2008

Thanks!

I hope I see more of them, it's definitely an attractive little raptor.

Pentax K20D 14.6mp Body : Pentax *ist D 6.1mp Body : Pentax ZX10 Body : 180mm Sigma Macro EX lens : 18-55mm Pentax SMC DA Lens : 28-200mm Sigma Lens : 50-500mm Sigma APO DG EX lens : Pentax AF-500FTZ flash : Sigma EX 2x Teleconverter.
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dadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins

February 8, 2008 edited February 8, 2008

I love pictures of Raptors. Congrats on the new glass and please post your pics

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raptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins

February 9, 2008 edited February 9, 2008

Very nice shot of a female American Kestrel!

Glenn

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jwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins

February 9, 2008 edited February 9, 2008

raptorcaptor wrote:

Very nice shot of a female American Kestrel!

I will go along with that Glen and his wife are the best at ids i know

Jeff W

“PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

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Maestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins

February 9, 2008 edited February 9, 2008

That is one handsome kestrel on a very typical perch. They love those utility lines! You captured some fantastic detail. The Bigma looks to be working well for you.

Stephen
www.capture-the-pixel.com

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