my first bird of prey... by GiMi53

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 05, 2009

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One of my (photographic) objectives for 2009 is to capture more birds, especially my favourites, the birds of prey. So, already last Saturday, I was very lucky to be able to make this shot, through the window of my car : this buzzard (presumably ?) was posing for me… I agree that the quality of my picture is not fantastic but anyway, I’m proud of this first shot and I’ll try to get more… Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload:

"Caramel"

Comments (25)

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Fred255

3:53PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Always good to have a first and share it here!

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MaraP

3:54PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Fantastic photo, congrats!!

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awjay

3:57PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

first of many i hope .... the only ones i have captured are captive birds of prey at country shows etc...

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timtripp

3:57PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

excellent first effort! looks like a red-tailed hawk

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flora-crassella

3:57PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Interesting photo of this nice bird of prey! ... if you take photos at an angle by the disc, has you no "loss" of sharpness!

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Mousson

4:04PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

wonderful image!

Liam.

4:15PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Quality or not, it's an excellent capture.

PD154

5:22PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Great first crack of the whip, not an easy shot!

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tennesseecowgirl

5:25PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Keep trying!! Okay got to go see that picture of the dog, it looks so cute!

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ledwolorz

6:09PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Fantastic shot.

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odie

6:27PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Ok! Good luck shooting and perseverance be with you!

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Dianthus

7:06PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Fantastic shot:)

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tizjezzme

7:44PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

wow, excellent first!!! Its soo exciting isn't it ??? :) :)

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bentchick

7:57PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

Birds are not easy!!! I have a real hard time getting a good bird shot with my puny lens! Great first try! Keep at it!!!

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lucindawind

8:22PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

I think its good for a first one .. they arent easy to capture ...well not for me .. theres none around here lol

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Firesnuffer

8:49PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

I would love to catch one on a fence post like that! Lucky you!!!

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MrsRatbag

9:09PM | Mon, 05 January 2009

I would guess hawk too. I haven't ever gotten a shot of one of these, although there were lots of them where I used to live in California. Here we have eagles (no shots of those yet either) and hawks (nope) and lots of other stuff...all I seem to do OK with is ducks. Good luck with your resolution, you're off to a great start!

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kasalin

12:41AM | Tue, 06 January 2009

Beautiful shot !!! Congrats for your first..... 5* Hugs:)

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durleybeachbum

3:32AM | Tue, 06 January 2009

How exciting!

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karlabu

3:38AM | Tue, 06 January 2009

Yeah, they're SO hard to photograph... their excellent eyes will see you long before you see them. And they know their area so well they immediately will be alarmed if only a stone is on another place than before g... You will need much luck (or a young one who's not that shy yet)! ;)

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kbatty

12:16PM | Tue, 06 January 2009

He is gorgeous!

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NightGallery

5:35PM | Tue, 06 January 2009

Nice shot. I think a HAwk too. But I am no expert at all. I have seen a Kestrel the last few times at the wetlands. Of course I didnt have the Cam... Well done. Congrats!

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