Love the perched Bald Eagle .... you must have been close! This is a shot (taken from my car window today) of a Red Tailed Hawk
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ISO 400
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Joel, the eagles are thick where I am at this year (outside of St. Louis). I counted four flying today and seven perched. I was tracking the one pictured and he flew right over my head and landed in the woods nearby. That picture is about a 75% crop, so I wasn
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nice hawk in flight, Joel!, looks pretty sharp.
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I usually leave the camera in the trunk when I'm driving, so I would miss this kind of shots[]
Today was a GBH day, here are some of the shots
7D, 500mm+1.4X TC, f6.3, 1/2000, ISO 1000
f6.3,1/2000,ISO 2000
f6.3,1/2000,ISO 800
thanks for viewing!
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Nice GBH shots! I like the last one best. Here's another Common Tern from my trip to Florida last Sept.
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JJ that last photo is fantastic mate. Great separation, colours, focus and framing. Good stuff. That 500mm is an amazing piece of glass (not that the lens makes the shot, that
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thanks, btaylor, really appreciate your compliment.
yes, that 500mm4.0(well, 90% of the time it was a 700mm 5.6) proofs that more reach makes a lot difference.
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anyone knows the name of this bird?thank you
I don't know the name of my bird either. just no time to figure that out[
I got this one today, have never seen this one before, I like it's color very much.
7D ,700mm 5.6, f5.6,1/1250, ISO 1250, there are some noise in the shadow, I wish I used fill light.
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