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Posts: 151 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 00:01
Originally posted by brettania brettania wrote:

Justin

Your raptor shots would have been much improved if you had managed to include all of the tail and feet.


Thanks for the suggestion, I get caught up in the eyes and face and forget the tail or feet. I imagine I will shot these guys again, so I will pay more attention to the whole bird.
Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube.
 



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Here is two more, however I think that the subject placement is too centered and there is a small twig crossing in front...



Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube.
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Posts: 533 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 02:54
Looks to be a first year Coopers hawk MustMoto. Great capture and detail. Wasn't sure till I saw the tail.

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Posts: 6426 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 05:47
Originally posted by Frankman Frankman wrote:

Originally posted by wross wross wrote:

@Chthoniid >>> Beautiful bird, beautifully captured.


Times two! Love your work mate.

Frank


Thanks for the feedback guys
I'm still trying to get that elusive shot of a gannet diving into the sea.

Photography always seems to require a bit of luck...
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Posts: 6426 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 06:06
Originally posted by MustMoto MustMoto wrote:

Here is two more, however I think that the subject placement is too centered and there is a small twig crossing in front...


Nice captures

I'm not too concerned about the twig, but if that bothers you a bit of time spent cloning in pp would probbaly deal to it.

It looks like you have the posing and lighting nicely done. Fwiw- I'd like to see tighter crops (less vegetation) of the subject.
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Posts: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 09:57
Some left over photos from the Puffing Billy outing...

1. Coot ??


2. Kookaburra 1


3. Kookaburra 2


4. Butcher Bird


Only 1/2 way 'round the lake at the moment so there may be more pics to come...

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Posts: 6426 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:16
#1 is Porphyrio porphyrio, known more locally as a Swamp-hen (Aus.) or Pukeko [NZ]. It's a type of rail.

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Posts: 20650 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 10:27
Those are great kookaburra shots Rosie.
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Posts: 533 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 12:11
OK RosieA100, how did you get those birds to come to you? Peanuts?
They always fly away when I get my camera out!

Excellent shots.
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Posts: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 13:58
TBMike - there was other people there feeding them so I guess they kept hanging around hoping... I have never been so close to a Kookaburra, it was pretty cool and I have to admit that I must have shot off about 50 shots but there were 3 of them to capture!! As for the Butcher Bird, he was there for the free feed too and the Water-hen, they were everywhere! Thanks for the ID chthoniid

gian, that Pelican is pretty cool and the Toucan scares me with its serrated beak!!!!
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Posts: 6916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 14:56
Great work guys - good to see the bird thread ticking along.

Anyway, I took a few shots this morning at Lake Monger, around 15km away. Not many interesting bird around (A whistling kite flew by, but too far away). Anyway:

1. Welconme Swallow:


2. A formation of Ibis:


3. Shelduck:


4. I think these are cross-breeds:


5


6. Don't laugh - this is as close as I got to a decent shot of a swallow in flight:


More practice required on swifts in flight. I admire anyone who can nail these little babies.

CHeers, Frank
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Posts: 6337 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 July 2008 at 15:59
Beautiful stuff, Frank. Love 2 and 3. I would never laugh about #6 -- I can't even find them in my viewfinder, let alone capture one.

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@ Gian: that Pelican is terrific! I really like the highlight in the eye, looks very 3D!

@Frankman: you made my day but that #3 Shelduck makes more than up for the swallow, besides you don't have to prove anything, because you showed so many times that your BIFs are masterly!

Tried to capture a kestrel in flight and had Okapi's (?) great detailed kestrel shot in mind--well, one can only fail thinking about such a great shot.
best regards,
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Edited by Ausgezeichnet - 06 July 2008 at 19:51
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