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Posts: 2934 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 04:16
Originally posted by wross wross wrote:

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Posts: 1045 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 18:30
Hi guys,

one feels a little silly posting a bird shot after Gustav showed his work....but hey...here goes (my first bird post in the age of Gustav)
#1. European roller (Coracias garrulus): this bird is VERY rare in Austria, only a population of a few dozens in a valley in Styria exist.
I went there with my father, and we were lucky spotting a few immediately.


#2. Australian eagle at raptor farm:


#3. Eagle owl (bubo bubo), we could see our reflections in its eyes:


#4. ? Some sort of owl reminding me of Grandpa Munster, shot through wire fence:


#5. Couple of kestrels




#6. kingfisher...well...I gave it my best shot...we walked near a lake shore, and there it sat for 2 seconds before it took off.
Together with Gustav's wonderful shots I realized that I might need a tent...


All with A700 + 400/4.5(+ 1,4 TC on some) + CZ135/1.8
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Posts: 6337 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 18:43
Nice stuff, Bernd. I particularly like Grandpa Munster. I've never seen a bird's eye that looked like the eye of the eagle in #2. Do you know if this is normal or if the bird has some eye problem?

Walt

Edited by wross - 21 September 2008 at 18:43
Lazarus Long said "If it can't be expressed in figures, it's not science. It's opinion." Comments I leave are only my opinions. Feel free to disagree; your opinion is as valid as mine.
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Posts: 1045 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 19:02
Thanks Walt, that eagle is perfectly normal, it just shut its eyelid.

Contrary to humans bird lids close sideways, it seems.
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Posts: 6337 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 19:05
No kidding? I learn something new every day if I'm not careful.

Lazarus Long said "If it can't be expressed in figures, it's not science. It's opinion." Comments I leave are only my opinions. Feel free to disagree; your opinion is as valid as mine.
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Posts: 1045 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 19:14
I'm pretty sure. The lid moves from the beak backwards- I think evolution "designed" it that way to moisten eyes during flight, also perhaps if the bird flies very fast, the lid might "lift off" if the air got underneath...
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Posts: 799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 19:29
A couple of shots from the back porch...





I need to do a little cropping on the neighbor's evergreens that are leaving the green tint at the bottom. Maybe about 2AM tomorrow morning!

Edited by raisiner - 21 September 2008 at 19:35
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Posts: 155 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 20:14
Posted this guy before in an open view.
Same bird, different photo.

Shot with A700 (FW v3) + 70-200G SSM

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Posts: 1045 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 September 2008 at 20:20
Excellent shots! That bald eagle is super! And even with FW3- like some people out there wouldn't believe that it would've been possible.
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Very cool bird shots!! WOW!! Here's a Heron I caught on Friday evening...
Scratching an itch

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Here's the same bird practicing the 'Crane Technique'(but wishing it was called the 'Heron' Technique) trying to find 'Balance' as instructed by Mr. Miyagi (from Karate Kid)
A700 & VG. A700, 7D & VG,50/1.4, 50/1.7, 50/3.5 macro, Tam 17-50/2.8, 85/1.4, Tam 90/2.8 Macro, 70-210/4 Beercan, 80-200/2.8 APO "Black", the 300/2.8 HS APO G; and 5600 HS
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Taken in the zoo: A Waldrapp (Geronticus eremita). Isn't it a beauty?
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Posts: 1846 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 September 2008 at 21:44

Here's one from this weekend. A700 - Sigma 500mm/7.1 APO

High ISO needed because of late afternoon low light and focal length (equivalent to 750mm) and still only 1/125s handheld, viva SSS!

CA/PF removed in photoshop (an issue with highlights with these older, made for film, lenses but easy enough to fix).

1/125s f/7.1 at 500.0mm iso2500



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Posts: 533 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 September 2008 at 23:05
The new body has arrived !!
A700 70-200 SSM G -- Moorhens/Gallinules


Edited by TBMike - 26 September 2008 at 23:06
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