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Post by GeneW on Jul 15, 2007 10:13:42 GMT -5
Sid, it makes me dizzy just to look at these shots. You caught the birds plus their environment very well here. I hope you were shooting from a safe location?
Gene
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Post by byuphoto on Jul 15, 2007 17:42:26 GMT -5
The first two are with the 5D and the 500 f4.5 The last was with an old D60 and the 400 f5.6
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Post by SidW on Jul 16, 2007 4:01:52 GMT -5
Gene, it's safe. Public access to the clifftop is in the hands of the RSPB (Royal Soc. for Protection of Birds) who run it as a reserve. There's a stout fence, and good paths. John P might know it, otherwise I'd recommend it as a good day out from Manchester.
Rick, I've never seen an eagle that close. The nearest is about 500 metres, a golden eagle moving north one spring took a rest on a fence post.
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Post by Randy on Jul 16, 2007 7:53:57 GMT -5
Rick, how did you do that second shot?
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Post by John Parry on Jul 16, 2007 14:01:32 GMT -5
And what was the third a picture of? (I know - a bird)
Superb again Ricky!
Regards - John
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Post by GeneW on Jul 16, 2007 14:29:50 GMT -5
Great shots, Rick! You're using some pretty long lenses. Tripod, I assume?
Gene
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Post by byuphoto on Jul 17, 2007 7:16:16 GMT -5
The eagle landed on a limb righ above water level. The 2nd one is just a heron in the water very early and calm. The third is a heron that i spooked. Gene the first was on a tripod but the last two were handheld from an electric golf cart
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Post by SidW on Jul 17, 2007 7:33:54 GMT -5
More razorbills from the same occasion: And some gannets: Gannets have an enormous wingspan and are very majestic as they sail by, there's an adult flying off at the far end of the cliff. These are north Atlantic birds (Sula bassano) and nest round Iceland too, so you might know them down the east coast of north America. There are other sulas on the Pacific coast that are called boobies there.
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Post by SidW on Oct 9, 2008 18:57:38 GMT -5
First a thieving marauder, the Herring Gull, eats anything it can get hold of: The next is a cheeky type, the stonechat, sits openly to tempt you away from its nest area, but always keeps a distance of about 5 metres: Both taken on a clifftop in Cornwall, England, in 1961. Exakta II, Meyer Primotar 180mm/3.5, Ektachrome 160ASA.
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