Male Harrier Habitat
This image was taken from across a road and out into a field--so it really cannot take much more of a crop without loosing much more detail. I had trouble getting this image leveled--as it was shot from an angle and not straight on, the perspective of the log comes into play. I leveled the bird to the viewers eye (I hope !) and to what looked pleasing to me.
Canon 7D 500/4 L IS + 1.4 TC
1/1600s f/7.1 at 700.0mm iso640 handheld
Whoa!!!! Did you know you have a gray ghost here? What-- do you see these all the time where you live? They can be a bit scarce if you didn't know. Is that a squirrel he has in his talons? If you can get a read on his band you should report the data to whoever your supposed to report the data to. I could find out for you.
Paul
Hi Paul,Originally Posted by paul leverington
Yes--these are "fairly" common in the area. This guy has a vole in his talons. He was content with me there--but eventually slid the vole off the log and behind it--disturbed by the passing car traffic. I tried to read the band--but you cannot see it clearly. A lots of the harriers in this area carry wing tags and bands.
Bonnie, Assuming the 7D is a 1.6X camera why in the world would you even consider handholding with a magnification of 22.4X???????????????????????????????????
With good reason, the image is not sharp. Use a tripod!
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lovely shot
Thanks Artie--but the few seconds that this guy was here--and I was in the car--any move at all and he was gone. Just rolling down the window spooked him. Extremely wary.
I never had another chance at him at all.
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I know already that you did at least one major thing wrong...
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LOL! :o I DEFINITLY did not! I'll check it out!
I need one--for sure --now that I have found this place to shoot.
Last edited by Bonnie Block; 10-26-2009 at 07:19 PM.
Hi Bonnie, a nice scene you witnessed here...and it had lots of potential. When photographing from the car, I like to keep the windows down ahead of time as lowering them on the spot often spooks the birds. I also like to have the lens prepared and already sticking out the window (if it is safe to do so) when driving slowly along country roads as sticking it out on the spot also has that same spooking effect...
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