First Hawk Try

[bkatz]

Not very easy but the 300mm f/4.0 wasn't bad. But now I want longer glass.
http://photos.katzclix.com/photos/265444735_gVnAX-M.jpg (http://photos.katzclix.com/gallery/4509300_JYRDb#265446485)
D300, 300mm, f/11.0, 1/400s, ISO 200

[DonRicklin]

I may be wrong, but it looks more like a Turkey Buzzard, to me. :scratch No expert, though. Nice shot, otherwise.

Don

[ian408]

I think it's a turkey vulture. Regardless, you can get some reach with a 1.4 TC.
That might be the easiest way to get the reach without too big an investment.

[DonRicklin]

I think it's a turkey vulture. Regardless, you can get some reach with a 1.4 TC.
That might be the easiest way to get the reach without too big an investment.Doh! I meant Turkey Volture! Need to stop an think! before posting!:D

Don

[bkatz]

Turkey vulture it is then. I will always defer to you guys. My next try is for a red tail hawk that hangs out by work....

[jwear]

for sure it is a T.V

[dbaker1221]

good luck getting the Redtail.:thumb ...they are skiddish

[Bill Pruitt]

[quote=bkatz]Not very easy but the 300mm f/4.0 wasn't bad. But now I want longer glass.]

Want to have some fun with Vultures? They don't fly early in the morning. I quess the thermals take time to form. Find out were they hang out and in the AM you can get very close. They are funny the way they hop along the ground chasing each other, they are so clumsy.

I go to Myakka River State park here in Florida, and there are literaly hundreds there in the early AM. I can get with 10-15 feet on any given day.

Have fun...

Bill
billpruittphotography.smugmug.com (http://billpruittphotography.com)

[jeff lapoint]

Pretty nice for a first shot of a vulture. And in flight to boot:clap

[ian408]

The vultures also hang out in Morro Bay State Park. How do I know this?

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/211265039_4L3mM-M.jpg

The owner of this motorcycle wasn't quick enough to move and by the
morning, it was covered. :lol3

[BBiggs]

Good shot! Don't spend more money on glass, just yell at them to fly closer :barb

[bkatz]

Ian -

Nice bike:D

Brenton -

:rofl

[ian408]

Ian -

Nice bike:D

Brenton -

:rofl

Not mine. I got mine pushed out of the way at the first sound of splashing. Oh.
It's in front of that one :D

And it looks like this:

http://ian408.smugmug.com/photos/116009453_xrvx9-M.jpg