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    Hello everyone,

    I'm from Lake Hamilton, FL and love the outdoors, hiking, hunting, fishing and photography. I really enjoy birds and photography. I've been a falconer for over 20 years and trained birds professionally for quite a while, so a lot of my photography is of my birds and other falconry birds but I also try to do a lot of wild bird photography as well. I've had a Canon 7D for a few years now.

    I'm really looking forward to participating and improving my photography and processing techniques. I know I have a lot to learn and I've enjoyed browsing this site. Thanks in advance.

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    Welcome to BPN, Eric! Looking forward to your participation here.
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    Hi Eric, welcome to BPN!! Is your avatar (Merlin?) one of your falconry birds?

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    Yes, that's a female columbarius merlin and one of my falconry birds. I have flown a lot of merlins, sort of a specialty of mine. That was one from a few years ago but I have a new merlin this year. This is the bird in the Avatar

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    Welcome to BPN, Eric
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    Welcome to BPN, Edward. That is great to see that you are a falconer. I wonder if you know another falconer/photography who is also on BPN Amy Marques from Port St. Lucie. She is a member of the Florida Hawking Fraternity and took me with her to their annual meeting last year which I enjoyed. I look forward to seeing more of your pictures. Let us know if you have any questions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marina Scarr View Post
    Welcome to BPN, Edward. That is great to see that you are a falconer. I wonder if you know another falconer/photography who is also on BPN Amy Marques from Port St. Lucie. She is a member of the Florida Hawking Fraternity and took me with her to their annual meeting last year which I enjoyed. I look forward to seeing more of your pictures. Let us know if you have any questions.
    Thank you Marina.

    I don't know that I've met Amy but I'm horrible with names so it's possible. I held a workshop for the Florida Falconers' Association in Sept and she may have been at that meeting. It's a small community so we all run into one another sooner or later. Glad you were able to go out and see some falconry, it's a great opportunity to get up close to raptors while they are doing what they do best.

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    Welcome Eric!
    Thanks for supporting BPN with your membership.

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    Welcome Eric! Hope to see some of your images in the near future!

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