First Hawk Try

bkatzbkatz Registered Users Posts: 286 Major grins
edited March 18, 2008 in Wildlife
Not very easy but the 300mm f/4.0 wasn't bad. But now I want longer glass.
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D300, 300mm, f/11.0, 1/400s, ISO 200
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Brian
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2008
    I may be wrong, but it looks more like a Turkey Buzzard, to me. headscratch.gif No expert, though. Nice shot, otherwise.

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,959 moderator
    edited March 15, 2008
    I think it's a turkey vulture. Regardless, you can get some reach with a 1.4 TC.
    That might be the easiest way to get the reach without too big an investment.
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2008
    ian408 wrote:
    I think it's a turkey vulture. Regardless, you can get some reach with a 1.4 TC.
    That might be the easiest way to get the reach without too big an investment.
    Doh! I meant Turkey Volture! Need to stop an think! before posting!:D

    Don
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  • bkatzbkatz Registered Users Posts: 286 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2008
    Turkey vulture it is then. I will always defer to you guys. My next try is for a red tail hawk that hangs out by work....
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2008
    for sure it is a T.V
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2008
    good luck getting the Redtail.thumb.gif ...they are skiddish
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  • Bill PruittBill Pruitt Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited March 16, 2008
    bkatz wrote:
    Not very easy but the 300mm f/4.0 wasn't bad. But now I want longer glass.]

    Want to have some fun with Vultures? They don't fly early in the morning. I quess the thermals take time to form. Find out were they hang out and in the AM you can get very close. They are funny the way they hop along the ground chasing each other, they are so clumsy.

    I go to Myakka River State park here in Florida, and there are literaly hundreds there in the early AM. I can get with 10-15 feet on any given day.

    Have fun...

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  • jeff lapointjeff lapoint Registered Users Posts: 1,228 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2008
    Pretty nice for a first shot of a vulture. And in flight to bootclap.gif
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,959 moderator
    edited March 16, 2008
    The vultures also hang out in Morro Bay State Park. How do I know this?

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    morning, it was covered. lol3.gif
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  • BBiggsBBiggs Registered Users Posts: 688 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2008
    Good shot! Don't spend more money on glass, just yell at them to fly closer wings.gif
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  • bkatzbkatz Registered Users Posts: 286 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    Ian -

    Nice bike:D

    Brenton -

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    Cheers,
    Brian
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,959 moderator
    edited March 18, 2008
    bkatz wrote:
    Ian -

    Nice bike:D

    Brenton -

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    Not mine. I got mine pushed out of the way at the first sound of splashing. Oh.
    It's in front of that one :D

    And it looks like this:

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