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Post by seanmckinney on Apr 1, 2008 21:44:18 GMT 1
I was coming back from the MOT when these two went overhead at about 100ft. The brakes WORK but by the time I got a big lense on they had disappeared, when they reappeared someone was pleased with themselves. Unfortunately they were fairly distant. This is with a 300mm auto focus zoom, it's slightly out of focus but they were fairly hard to target accurately at that range and I had to focus on some trees first and then pan up, maybe I should have had continual focus active.  This is with a manual focus 600mm mirror  I was on my way back to a friend's house and stuck the memory card into his PC to have a look, his PC did something to the card and I 'lost' all the photos, fortunately when I got back home I was able to recover them. |
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Post by madonplants on Apr 1, 2008 21:48:05 GMT 1
I was coming back from the MOT when these two went overhead at about 100ft. The brakes WORK but by the time I got a big lense on they had disappeared, when they reappeared someone was pleased with themselves. Unfortunately they were fairly distant. This is with a 300mm auto focus zoom, it's slightly out of focus but they were fairly hard to target accurately at that range and I had to focus on some trees first and then pan up, maybe I should have had continual focus active. This is with a manual focus 600mm mirror I was on my way back to a friend's house and stuck the memory card into his PC to have a look, his PC did something to the card and I 'lost' all the photos, fortunately when I got back home I was able to recover them. Great pics, Sean. I have never seen two together, so it must have been a great sight to see. Glad the breaks worked OK!! Keith |
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Post by seanmckinney on Apr 1, 2008 21:58:09 GMT 1
That's the 2nd couple I have seen this year, so maybe know is the time to look. I didn't have a descent camera with me the first time. Oddly buzzards here seem more numerous in semi rural areas than out in the 'country proper' or maybe its just they are more used to traffic and dont clear off so quickly.
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Post by madonplants on Apr 1, 2008 22:14:03 GMT 1
That's the 2nd couple I have seen this year, so maybe know is the time to look. I didn't have a descent camera with me the first time. Oddly buzzards here seem more numerous in semi rural areas than out in the 'country proper' or maybe its just they are more used to traffic and dont clear off so quickly. I used to see one regulary, flying over the field outside my childhood home, but never two together, strange that, when you think about it really. Maybe I wasn't looking at the right time, either. I'll be out doggy walking, over the fields by us tomorrow and I'll see if I can see some there. Don't normally see many BoP here, well, except for the odd sparrowhawk and kestrel. I keep saying, I'm going to take the boys back to where I grew up one day, let's hope it hasn't changed. I had a great experience the other day, while driving out. A male kestrel landed, all of about 10 feet from the car. What it caught I don't know, but that's the closest I have been to a wild one. It was a tiny country lane and it landed right at the edge of the field. Just wish I had a camera on me. Keith |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Apr 2, 2008 21:55:38 GMT 1
I was coming back from the MOT when these two went overhead at about 100ft. The brakes WORK but by the time I got a big lense on they had disappeared, when they reappeared someone was pleased with themselves. Unfortunately they were fairly distant. This is with a 300mm auto focus zoom, it's slightly out of focus but they were fairly hard to target accurately at that range and I had to focus on some trees first and then pan up, maybe I should have had continual focus active. This is with a manual focus 600mm mirror I was on my way back to a friend's house and stuck the memory card into his PC to have a look, his PC did something to the card and I 'lost' all the photos, fortunately when I got back home I was able to recover them. Phwoar! Brilliant! Well done Sean! ;D |
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Post by debbiem on Apr 3, 2008 8:01:24 GMT 1
What a sight to see that must have been! Great photos Sean.  I used to see them quite often sitting on posts and poles where I used to live, fantastic sight - where I live now, well, seagulls aren't quite the same are they? : |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 3, 2008 9:12:00 GMT 1
I agree with The witch, that first photo is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us Sean.
It reminded me of when I was watching a kestrel hovering over Bournemouth beach. Nothing unusual in that, except it didn't flap it's wings, it was absolutely stationary and was soaring off the wind coming off the land, holding it's position tightly by a twitch of its wings or tail.
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Post by 4pygmies on Apr 3, 2008 9:27:54 GMT 1
They are majestic birds aren't they? You are very clever to have got such wonderful pictures Sean, I would have been gawking at them with never a thought of trying to take a picture! ;D
I once was driving through a forest road in mid afternoon in the sunshine when a great bird, which I assume was a buzzard, suddenly swooped out of the trees and flew along the road under the trees right in front of me for several hundred yards before wheeling off and away. It was one of occasional perfect moments you get in life for me.
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Post by madonplants on Apr 3, 2008 12:35:14 GMT 1
I agree with The witch, that first photo is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us Sean. It reminded me of when I was watching a kestrel hovering over Bournemouth beach. Nothing unusual in that, except it didn't flap it's wings, it was absolutely stationary and was soaring off the wind coming off the land, holding it's position tightly by a twitch of its wings or tail. Hope I am not being funny here, but are you sure it was a kestrel and not a merlin? Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Apr 3, 2008 12:43:35 GMT 1
I agree with The witch, that first photo is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us Sean. It reminded me of when I was watching a kestrel hovering over Bournemouth beach. Nothing unusual in that, except it didn't flap it's wings, it was absolutely stationary and was soaring off the wind coming off the land, holding it's position tightly by a twitch of its wings or tail. Hope I am not being funny here, but are you sure it was a kestrel and not a merlin? Keith No, I was at a conference at the Birmingham International Centre. I left Merlin at home! |
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