Flight

6297J · December 13th, 2009, 11:10

Taken with a D300, 300mm AF-S f2.8 VR lens, handheld at f5, 1/1250 sec, ISO 200

**HighGround22** · December 13th, 2009, 11:22

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My-my! That's a sight of infinite beauty, power and grace!

Thanks for sharing that with us.
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**luckydog** · December 13th, 2009, 12:15

**Cratermaker** · December 13th, 2009, 13:41

Beautiful!

**kilo delta** · December 13th, 2009, 14:42

Fantastic!

***Panther_99FS*** · December 13th, 2009, 15:13

Outstanding capture!

**Snuffy** · December 13th, 2009, 15:40

Excellent!!

***jmig*** · December 13th, 2009, 15:44

That is one heck of a shot. Excellent!

***Chacha*** · December 13th, 2009, 20:36

... One Perfect shot!

Outstanding... :ernae:

**Kiwikat** · December 13th, 2009, 20:57

That is perfect! BIF is among the hardest kind of shot to take.

I hope this subforum remains this popular in the future. It's great to have a place to share these kinds of things.

***Chacha*** · December 13th, 2009, 21:03

Originally Posted by Kiwikat

That is perfect! BIF is among the hardest kind of shot to take.

I hope this subforum remains this popular in the future. It's great to have a place to share these kinds of things.

I second that, William (do you prefer William, Will or Bill?) :isadizzy:

6297J · December 13th, 2009, 21:40

Thank you. I was very lucky with this one. I was watching Sand Martins nesting in a river bank and the Kestrel came and hovered right above me. Luckily I was already set up for continuous shooting and I got a string of about fifty shots.

**Kiwikat** · December 13th, 2009, 22:04

Originally Posted by Chacha

I second that, William (do you prefer William, Will or Bill?) :isadizzy:

Haha most people call me Will. I've heard it all though. :mixedsmi:

I was watching Sand Martins nesting in a river bank and the Kestrel came and hovered right above me. Luckily I was already set up for continuous shooting and I got a string of about fifty shots.

That is awesome! I volunteer at a bird of prey rehabilitation center in a nearby city. I've had so many cool experiences through volunteering there. One of these days I want to photograph a release. It would be something special, for sure.

Do you have any other shots of other birds of prey?

Here's a shot of a baby osprey from my Flickr. Some of you have probably seen it already, but oh well. I think it's pretty cute.

***Cazzie*** · December 14th, 2009, 02:48

Both fantastic shots, I just love raptors.

Caz

**Snuffy** · December 14th, 2009, 03:07

Another great shot there 6297J!!

6297J · December 14th, 2009, 09:44

Originally Posted by Kiwikat

Haha most people call me Will. I've heard it all though. :mixedsmi:

That is awesome! I volunteer at a bird of prey rehabilitation center in a nearby city. I've had so many cool experiences through volunteering there. One of these days I want to photograph a release. It would be something special, for sure.

Do you have any other shots of other birds of prey?

Here's a shot of a baby osprey from my Flickr. Some of you have probably seen it already, but oh well. I think it's pretty cute.

I don't have too many raptors. I tend to concentrate on insects these days.

Here's an adult Osprey from Arizona a few years ago -

A Sharp Shinned Hawk, also from Arizona -

and another Kestrel from London -

Now I concentrate on macro and don't really use that 300mm as much as I should given how long it took me to pay for it.

Just to show you how good that 300 is though, here's a scruffy young Heron to finish with -

**thisizma** · December 14th, 2009, 10:55

Makes for some great wallpaper. Thank you.

***Chacha*** · December 14th, 2009, 11:19

Originally Posted by 6297J

I don't have too many raptors. I tend to concentrate on insects these days.

Here's an adult Osprey from Arizona a few years ago -

A Sharp Shinned Hawk, also from Arizona -

and another Kestrel from London -

Now I concentrate on macro and don't really use that 300mm as much as I should given how long it took me to pay for it.

Just to show you how good that 300 is though, here's a scruffy young Heron to finish with -

A dumb question.... :isadizzy:

So you went to AZ and took those pictures? :isadizzy: (Obviously, yeah- these birds migrate from one place to the other!)

**kilo delta** · December 14th, 2009, 11:50

Great shots

I really want that 300mm now.....unfortunately rummaging down the back of the settee for loose change hasn't provided me with quite enough moolah in order to purchase it yet!

6297J · December 14th, 2009, 12:22

Originally Posted by Chacha

A dumb question.... :isadizzy:

So you went to AZ and took those pictures? :isadizzy: (Obviously, yeah- these birds migrate from one place to the other!)

I used to go to Arizona every year for about 6 years until things went pear-shaped with the recession and the holidays had to go! Annoyingly it wasn't until the very last time I went that I had a camera to take with me. I am desperate to go back again!!

6297J · December 14th, 2009, 12:27

Originally Posted by kilo delta

Great shots

I really want that 300mm now.....unfortunately rummaging down the back of the settee for loose change hasn't provided me with quite enough moolah in order to purchase it yet!

It is a great lens. Since I got the 60mm macro I don't use it anywhere near enough as my interests have shifted significantly.

But I doubt any of you would like to see any bug shots!

**Kiwikat** · December 14th, 2009, 12:30

Originally Posted by kilo delta

Great shots

I really want that 300mm now.....unfortunately rummaging down the back of the settee for loose change hasn't provided me with quite enough moolah in order to purchase it yet!

Oddly enough, I've decided to get the Canon 300mm f/4 L IS, instead of all those other things I listed in the other thread. Seeing these shots taken with a 300mm further enforces my decision!

**luckydog** · December 14th, 2009, 17:31

Originally Posted by 6297J

It is a great lens. Since I got the 60mm macro I don't use it anywhere near enough as my interests have shifted significantly.

But I doubt any of you would like to see any bug shots!

Here's a cousin...........

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P.S. How do you load full size pics ???

***Tom Clayton*** · December 14th, 2009, 19:08

The pics displayed full-size here are hosted on something like Photobucket. Then you take the image's URL and sandwich it between a set of [img] tags to make it show here.

***Cazzie*** · December 15th, 2009, 03:23

Well, I think both are very sharp bug shots. I like good bugs and dragonflies are good bugs.

Want to see what that transparent wing looks like at 100X?

Caz