Red-shouldered Hawk
Upper Texas Coast
D3, 300, ISO 640, f5.6, 1/3200.
One from Thursday.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Upper Texas Coast
D3, 300, ISO 640, f5.6, 1/3200.
One from Thursday.
Beyond perfect. May we assume that this bird was looking at your decoy owl? Is this a migrant? DOF and dorsal view amazing.
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Don't know how this can be topped! Wing spread, tail spread, look-back glance - you have it all here. The plumage is mesmerizing...:cool:
This is just about perfect..
how did you attract it? are you know making raptor set-ups? if you do, it will be awesome to have an ebook about that :cool:
Cheers from peru
Alfredo
Many folks (and I am assuming that Alan did so here) use decoy owls to attract raptors into photographic range. A plastic owl usually adorned with some type of (legal) feathers is mounted on some sort of tall pole. Not quite enough there for a guide :) I am pretty sure that I wrote about the technique as long ago as in the original ABP.
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Thank you,
i dont think that would work here (peru) as were a live (lima) the only species of owls you can find are as big as a pigeon, and i also dont know where can i get one of those.
im looking forward to buy the original ABP, as i alreadsy own the DIGITAL BASICS and the ABPII
are there other technike (?)(sorry about my bad english, how do you write that?) to shoot raptors??
Thanks
Hey Alfredo, Hola! Your English is much better than my Spanish :0 "techniques" is the right spelling.
Aside from photographing raptors at hard to find nesting sites some folks use live bait to attract them, a starling tied to a perch with a string and then jerked when a raptor flies over, or a pet store mouse in a glass globe to attract a kestrel.
I am not passing judgement here, just passing along information so please all, do not shoot the messenger :)
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As good as it gets Alan! Truly stunning!
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Well Alan nothing to add here, a perfect flight shot. I love the mottled feather detail and eye contact. Must have been pretty close with a 300mm.
Just sickening!
Just want to say than you for posting this. Your work is truly amazing.
A clear view and example of how this Raptor got it's name....amazing photograph.
Hi Alan
This is supreme mate. I am in awe, again. ;) Just perfect..... I wonder if the decoy owl would work in Australia. I must try..... Not sure about the Starling, maybe the glass mouse, now that's a bit more humane I think....
:)
For the record, no mouse or bird was using in the process of taking this image. I used a decoy Owl.
I think you mentioned before about using a decoy owl. Man, they must work wonders. :) Cheers
Definitely one of the best. Great dorsal view with details...and the head turn takes it to the top.
Just spectacular. This one has it all. Congrats on a real winner.
this is stunner
TFS
I love that you can really see the red shoulders - probably the best example of that I've ever seen. Nice!!!
Charles
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G ...
I never heard about the decoy owl technique.. (or forgotten about it when I read the classic ABP) I'll look for it tonight.. at least I'd like to know more about it...