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finally it happend! · 04:42 PM

Hello All,

I am for a long time searching for a Buzzard who let me come close enought to make some nice pictures from him!

I am driving every saturday arround to shoot some birds and I came home and emptied my memory card and was thinking let me drive and take some shots in the late sun! I drove arround in a place where some buzzards and kestrels are and I did not saw any. When I wanted to turn the car in a dead end I looked left and saw a Buzzard at a .......

I stopped the engine and turned the window a little bit down! The buzzard didn't moved so I took the lens (the 600mm one ) and pointed to the buzzard and sjeess he is not fitting into the frame!!!! Turned the camera and he fitted into the frame

. I shoot so many shots that my arm hurts from the weight from the lens and camera

Ofcource I made als a shot from a Robin

Tafted duck

Comorant in breeding colors (not full colors yet)

Grey Heron in top of the tree thinking it is breeding time (it is middle winter here)

I hope you like them!

regards Walter

Adam · 02-03-2007, 05:36 PM

Beautiful photos, but I still can't get how you can come that close to the birds, and with such a huge lens!

I like the duck photo the most because of the beautiful reflection, but the first one is also nice. Great work!

Photo Tramp · 02-03-2007, 05:48 PM

I really like your shots, Your birds are just wonderful.

xecutech · 02-03-2007, 09:05 PM

Great pictures, I really like your work, but is that a buzzard?

roentarre · 02-03-2007, 10:23 PM

Walter, this lens is a real killer. Your continuous endeavour earns you these amazing photos.

Like what Adam said, the duck photo has the most dramatic bokeh as I have seen in a telephoto shot. While buzzard is rare and hard to get close by, the shot is clear and sharp well centred in the frame. A good shot.

Do you fix your lens on the top of your car or you literally move the tripod along with this 5 kg lens with your bare hands. That would be a bit handful for sure. I could not even bear my 3.2 kg lens for that long on a country side like that.

Thank you for sharing these photos.

James

Scott Rylance · 02-04-2007, 05:37 AM

Excellent shots Walter. Very nicely done.

vievetrick · 02-04-2007, 06:46 AM

These are all excellent. Sharp, sharp, sharp.

ToXiQ · 02-04-2007, 07:08 AM

Thank you all for those nice comments

@xecutech: Yes it is a European Buzzard (scientific name: Buteo buteo)

@roentarre: This lens weights 3.3 kilo and camera 0.8 kilo so thats makes 4 kilo.
I am sitting in my car and using a beanbag (not yet but something simulair). So I wait and wait and wait till Something gets in sight.

At the moment I am looking arround for a tripod stil not decided what to buy

scott-devon · 02-05-2007, 09:32 AM

These are great bird shots. I've seen window clamp type camera/spotting scope mounts. I wonder if one of those might suit your type of shooting?

Photochop · 02-05-2007, 01:48 PM

Congrats on your first buzzard! A great shot indeed. That 4th one would make a great friendship card, it looks as if it's trying to put its arm (wing) on the others shoulder

xecutech · 02-05-2007, 05:50 PM

Hmmmm, well the buzzards here in the states are uglier than that. I will try to post a pic soon.

**Marc Langille** · 02-05-2007, 06:34 PM

And I REALLY love the composition/reflections on #3... sweet photo Walter... that's worthy of a print and frame...

I also enjoyed the others - great images as usual...

Great reach and I see why you love that focal length! My "600/5.6" isn't quite as imposing, since it's an FA* 300/2.8 w/Pentax-A 2X-S rear converter...

Cheers,
Marc

Alvin · 02-05-2007, 08:12 PM

Great shots here. I like the Heron and your buzzard shots! Simply stunning.

mikeatnite · 02-07-2007, 12:08 AM

I like the robin shot the best (#2). So beautiful... Can't stop looking at it!

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02-05-2007, 06:34 PM	#12
Marc Langille Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NW Arkansas, USA Posts: 4,710	#1 is fantastic... And I REALLY love the composition/reflections on #3... sweet photo Walter... that's worthy of a print and frame... I also enjoyed the others - great images as usual... Great reach and I see why you love that focal length! My "600/5.6" isn't quite as imposing, since it's an FA* 300/2.8 w/Pentax-A 2X-S rear converter... Cheers, Marc

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02-03-2007, 05:48 PM	#3
Photo Tramp Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA. Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,041	I really like your shots, Your birds are just wonderful.

02-03-2007, 09:05 PM	#4
xecutech Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nashville Photos: Gallery Posts: 223	Great pictures, I really like your work, but is that a buzzard?

02-03-2007, 10:23 PM	#5
roentarre Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 11,783	Walter, this lens is a real killer. Your continuous endeavour earns you these amazing photos. Like what Adam said, the duck photo has the most dramatic bokeh as I have seen in a telephoto shot. While buzzard is rare and hard to get close by, the shot is clear and sharp well centred in the frame. A good shot. Do you fix your lens on the top of your car or you literally move the tripod along with this 5 kg lens with your bare hands. That would be a bit handful for sure. I could not even bear my 3.2 kg lens for that long on a country side like that. Thank you for sharing these photos. James

02-04-2007, 05:37 AM	#6
Scott Rylance Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia/Geelong, Vic Photos: Gallery Posts: 420	Excellent shots Walter. Very nicely done.

02-04-2007, 06:46 AM	#7
vievetrick Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Easthampton - Massachusetts - USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,183	These are all excellent. Sharp, sharp, sharp.

02-04-2007, 07:08 AM	#8
ToXiQ Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Netherlands Photos: Gallery Posts: 198 Original Poster	Thank you all for those nice comments @xecutech: Yes it is a European Buzzard (scientific name: Buteo buteo) @roentarre: This lens weights 3.3 kilo and camera 0.8 kilo so thats makes 4 kilo. I am sitting in my car and using a beanbag (not yet but something simulair). So I wait and wait and wait till Something gets in sight. At the moment I am looking arround for a tripod stil not decided what to buy

02-05-2007, 09:32 AM	#9
scott-devon Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alberta Posts: 2,140	These are great bird shots. I've seen window clamp type camera/spotting scope mounts. I wonder if one of those might suit your type of shooting?

02-05-2007, 01:48 PM	#10
Photochop Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 455	Congrats on your first buzzard! A great shot indeed. That 4th one would make a great friendship card, it looks as if it's trying to put its arm (wing) on the others shoulder

02-05-2007, 05:50 PM	#11
xecutech Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nashville Photos: Gallery Posts: 223	Hmmmm, well the buzzards here in the states are uglier than that. I will try to post a pic soon.

02-05-2007, 08:12 PM	#13
Alvin Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,517	Great shots here. I like the Heron and your buzzard shots! Simply stunning.

02-07-2007, 12:08 AM	#14
mikeatnite Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 97	I like the robin shot the best (#2). So beautiful... Can't stop looking at it!