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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: BoboBird on January 10, 2014, 07:45:45 PM

Title: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 10, 2014, 07:45:45 PM

2 more from last Saturday. Fingers frozen but was fun.

1. Red-Tailed Hawk
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2mneo81.jpg)

2. Cardinal
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2a6tsvq.jpg)

Hmmm, site does not like 1200 wide.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: Andygod on January 11, 2014, 05:29:59 AM

I love the hawk, not often they will sit still when you are close.  Of course the female cardinal is wonderful, I must have 1000 great cardinal pictures now and I still take more every time I see one, hoping one day for the perfect shot.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on January 11, 2014, 08:40:14 AM

very nice

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: cosmo3667 on January 11, 2014, 10:32:10 AM

holy crap that hawk shot is awesome

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: Dinusaur on January 11, 2014, 01:47:21 PM

Are you a Hawk whisperer? How close did you get to take this beautiful shot? Well done.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: purpun on January 11, 2014, 06:52:10 PM

Beautiful!! What incredible shots.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 11, 2014, 08:52:12 PM

Thanks Andy, Richard, Cosmo, Mark & Anna, Dinu - glad you like it.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: MEGHAN on January 14, 2014, 04:22:33 PM

Frozen fingers?? Come on, it is so worth it!! Look at the RTH..beautiful, and the detail in the feathers of the Cardinal is super.
Maybe next time someone will dress a bit more appropriately hmmm  :wink:
Glad you toughed it out Bobo..you got some awesome images.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 15, 2014, 02:21:44 AM

Thanks Meghan.

You know me, not one to give up easily. But.... I was stupid not to have geared up properly.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: paul_reeves on January 17, 2014, 09:04:13 AM

Gorgeous photos.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 17, 2014, 01:23:13 PM

Thanks Paul.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: JimL on January 18, 2014, 07:46:58 AM

That's awesome, how close did you get this shot? I tried a number of times, but they just go away.
BTW, I am looking for your wonderful snowy shot :-)

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 18, 2014, 07:59:31 AM

Thanks Jim.

He was not far, maybe 30-40 feet. Seemed to be comfortable with people around as there were other people there. But took off about a minute or 2 later.

Snowy - thanks, I hope to get some soon if lucky, but with these guys I am never lucky. Anything similar to what you got and I would be over the moon.

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: JimL on January 18, 2014, 08:18:34 AM

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Snowy - thanks, I hope to get some soon if lucky, but with these guys I am never lucky. Anything similar to what you got and I would be over the moon.

I am pretty sure you can get some wonderful shots, I had at most 1 hour each time when I was there.
And don't be too close to them even if you can. You know that, if they start to fly, you don't have time to move your lens. :-)

Title: Re: From Saturday
Post by: BoboBird on January 18, 2014, 10:29:53 AM

Thanks for the tip. Yes I know that, my plan is to do it similar to what you did - 30m or thereabouts.