Hey Y'all,

I attended my area's wildlife festival today and the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and the Raptor Project brough in some raptors.


Crested Caracara


American Kestrel


Short-eared Owl


Prairie Falcon


Eagle Owl


Artic Gyrfalcon (juvenile)


Prairie Falcon


Peregrine Falcon (tundra)



I got to talking to the folks from the Audubon Center as they are only an hour's drive from my house. They said that they would be willing to arrange for a special tour for the folks attending the Feb., 2006 shoot where they would bring some raptors out from behind their bars so we could get some very clear shots of them.

Excellent shots
If I get to go I wanna go there too !!

I notice you used flash, right? Why spot metering?

Cool beans, Harry. Yeah..looks dark there. How 'bout some info on the lighting and technique used. Nice rich colors.


MM

great shots for a camera that is not working how about a birdie id with the nice pic.s

Originally Posted by bfjr Excellent shots If I get to go I wanna go there too !! I notice you used flash, right? Why spot metering?

Thanks Ben. These were shot in-doors in a fairly dimly lit room. I shot on manual and used spot metering for more control and because I was shooting fairly stationary subjects. I used my SB-800 flash set to TTL. I could get a decent shutter speed on the lighter birds or when I was really close to the bird. With the darker birds or when I shot at a greater distance I really had to drop the shutter speed.

Originally Posted by Harryb Thanks Ben. These were shot in-doors in a fairly dimly lit room. I shot on manual and used spot metering for more control and because I was shooting fairly stationary subjects. I used my SB-800 flash set to TTL. I could get a decent shutter speed on the lighter birds or when I was really close to the bird. With the darker birds or when I shot at a greater distance I really had to drop the shutter speed.

what lens did you use

Originally Posted by jwear what lens did you use

<guessing a zoom between 80mm and 120mm>

Originally Posted by Harryb Hey Y'all, I attended my area's wildlife festival today and the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and the Raptor Project brough in some raptors. I got to talking to the folks from the Audubon Center as they are only an hour's drive from my house. They said that they would be willing to arrange for a special tour for the folks attending the Feb., 2006 shoot where they would bring some raptors out from behind their bars so we could get some very clear shots of them.

Do you guys know what Sparrows look like ?? how come I never see ya's post sparrow shots ?? not good enough for ya hu ?? hehehehe ohhhh sure we know you've got those big fancy Eagles with the humungus (don't take offence Gus, I aint using your name in vain okay) wing span .....but think about it......those little brown sparrows........they will never be Eagles

It aint fair I tell you, I got heaps of Sparrows over here but no Eagles that I've seen........hmmmmmmmm well I also got heaps of Seagulls do they count?? another set of excellent bird shots from you yet again .
And Once Again I say *sign* why couldn't it be me Skippy (Australia)

Hey Harry, can you tell us what some of the more unusual raptors are called? I could only ID about 2 of them!

Originally Posted by DoctorIt Hey Harry, can you tell us what some of the more unusual raptors are called? I could only ID about 2 of them!

No problem. I just edited my post with IDs for the rapors.

Excellent series Harry.

Originally Posted by Bird Man Photographer Cool beans, Harry. Yeah..looks dark there. How 'bout some info on the lighting and technique used. Nice rich colors. MM

Thanks Mike. I think my response to Ben answered your questions.

Originally Posted by jwear great shots for a camera that is not working how about a birdie id with the nice pic.s

Thanks Jeff. I shot on maual partly because I didn't trust the camera's metering. I added IDs on to my post and I shot the pics with my 24-120VR lens. The VR was invaluable considering some of the low shutters speeds I shot at.

Marvells
great photos

Originally Posted by Skippy Do you guys know what Sparrows look like ?? how come I never see ya's post sparrow shots ?? not good enough for ya hu ?? hehehehe ohhhh sure we know you've got those big fancy Eagles with the humungus (don't take offence Gus, I aint using your name in vain okay) wing span .....but think about it......those little brown sparrows........they will never be Eagles It aint fair I tell you, I got heaps of Sparrows over here but no Eagles that I've seen........hmmmmmmmm well I also got heaps of Seagulls do they count?? another set of excellent bird shots from you yet again . And Once Again I say *sign* why couldn't it be me Skippy (Australia)

Sure we know what a sprrow looks like. In fact the other name for the Kestrel is "Sparrow Hawk". They love eating sparrows.

If you ever get to Florida we will introduce you to some birds tahta re a tad larger than sparrows.

Originally Posted by Rohirrim Excellent series Harry.

Thank you very much Steve.

Originally Posted by Awais Yaqub Marvells great photos

Thank you very much Awais.