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Look like a flying bullet. Killer as always.
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Great image David! I like the bullet pose, IQ, clarity and composition. Look forward to seeing more from your afternoon session.
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Sick, disgusting, just flippin fantastic Dave and an experience you'll never forget!!! Wow dude, what a screamin image. The head helmet is bursting with detail. And thanks for the alula feathers, i don't think even George Jetson had those. rockin rompin Rock Star!
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Thanks so much everyone!!
I also forgot to give Ofer a big thank you for catering me to this fantastic spot!!
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Wow, David.... this is also worthy of Ofer.
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awesome frame Dave, glad it worked out for you
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The technical and hand holding abilities needed to photograph this peregrine at 100km/hr just blows me away.
It is so freakin' sharp. The details in the head are so good.
I am impressed!
So glad Ofer could help you-he is a good guy/great photographer and I miss his participation at BPN,
Gail
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This image really blew me away! Never seen a peregrine in that pose with this IQ. I thought about Ofer as soon as I saw the thumbnail. What a great location that must be! But I also understand the skill required to capture these fast birds.
Everything looks spot on to me exept that the nearest foot might need to be darkened just a tad?
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Obviously spectacular and killer sharp. Too bad you did not have your Canon gear with you. What happened to the wings??? Good catch by Ivan on the light foot. Next time you speak to Ofer be sure to send him my love.
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Originally Posted by
Ivan Sjogren
This image really blew me away! Never seen a peregrine in that pose with this IQ. I thought about Ofer as soon as I saw the thumbnail. What a great location that must be! But I also understand the skill required to capture these fast birds.
Everything looks spot on to me exept that the nearest foot might need to be darkened just a tad?
Thanks again everyone!!
Ivan, Yes I did reduce the brightness on that foot but I think it got a little brighter when I downsized it. Easy fix and thanks for keeping an eye out.
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Originally Posted by
Arthur Morris
Obviously spectacular and killer sharp. Too bad you did not have your Canon gear with you. What happened to the wings??? Good catch by Ivan on the light foot. Next time you speak to Ofer be sure to send him my love.
with love, artie
Thanks Artie,
Sure Glad I didn't have my Canon gear because this was a AF nightmare for most systems. Even the Nikon system struggled a bit as it was fast and furious shooting.
Not sure if you were serious about where the wings are, but if you were, they are tucked up and crossed at the tips into a tight pose called a stoop. This is when a falcon really picks up tons of speed and is when they are able to gain speeds in exsess of 200mph. You can see the primaries of the right wing poking out and the alula helping to control the bird while it is stooping.
A shot I have been wanting for years.
I will tell him you said Hi
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Hi David. Inspirational as always. There's a falconry in Ballarat, (around 116km from Melbourne)...I'm planning a visit this year. http://www.fullflight.com.au
Care to divulge the location in Sydney? Cheers.
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Simply a killer frame David, all been said already, glad you got your target shot
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Originally Posted by
David Salem
Thanks Artie,
Sure Glad I didn't have my Canon gear because this was a AF nightmare for most systems. Even the Nikon system struggled a bit as it was fast and furious shooting.
Not sure if you were serious about where the wings are, but if you were, they are tucked up and crossed at the tips into a tight pose called a stoop. This is when a falcon really picks up tons of speed and is when they are able to gain speeds in exsess of 200mph. You can see the primaries of the right wing poking out and the alula helping to control the bird while it is stooping.
A shot I have been wanting for years.
I will tell him you said Hi
Thanks
Yo Dude. Was not serious :)
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But that brings to mind the question -- I had always assumed that they would be either perpendicular to the ground or close it. Is that correct? It would seem that they would need gravity to get anywhere near 200mph but this bird is only on a 15 degree downward angle ...
with love, artie
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Paul Burdett
Hi David. Inspirational as always. There's a falconry in Ballarat, (around 116km from Melbourne)...I'm planning a visit this year.
http://www.fullflight.com.au
Care to divulge the location in Sydney? Cheers.
Thanks Paul!!
If you ever get to the states, look me up and I am always happy to steer my BPN photography friends in the right direction, but as far as giving up a secret spot that I was reluctantly shown and taken to, wouldn't be something I would do.
Anything of mine is all yours
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Originally Posted by
Arthur Morris
But that brings to mind the question -- I had always assumed that they would be either perpendicular to the ground or close it. Is that correct? It would seem that they would need gravity to get anywhere near 200mph but this bird is only on a 15 degree downward angle ...
with love, artie
He Artie,
You are totally correct.
A peregrine needs to stoop almost dead vertical to obtain speeds of anywhere near 200mph. It also takes quite a few seconds of this high speed falling to get up to terminal velocity.
I know you don't read my long narratives much but I mentioned in the post that this bird might have been doing somewhere about 100mph as she stopped in an angle.
When we hunt our trained falcons we want them dead overhead and way the f#$$ up there before we flush the quarry. That way we can see the awesome speed and sound of the high speed vertical stoop.
Thanks as always
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Hi David: No problem...I understand.
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Wow that's an incredible shot David! I've photographed peregrine adults and juveniles in stoops quite a few times but never managed to capture this kind of detail and razor sharp clarity on the eye at that speed!
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Wonderful shot Dave. Details on the feathers are sharp along with the story. I looked at this a few weeks back and have always had a love for Peregrines.What a small world we live in. This past week I was in the Ne sandhills scouting greater Chicken Leks. I had my friend with me and he was telling me he had a friend that had Beta videos back in the day of lesser Chickens. My friend doesn't go to Kansas because of the decline of lesser chickens
Then he goes on and mentions your name. I said I know this guy he posts some great Photos. Anyways Tricky Dick says Hi.