Thematic "Wing Span" (found in nature)

**aslyfox** · 02-12-2017, 05:14 PM - **1 Like**

Today the Drake Mallards decided to display.

K 3 + HD PENTAX-DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR zoomed out as far as I could - 85 mm and then this photo is cropped from the result

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JML69 · 02-19-2017, 06:32 AM - **1 Like**

Turkey

**aslyfox** · 02-21-2017, 05:04 PM

wandering around the grounds of the Topeka Zoological Park with my K 3 + the big guy HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW
and reached the Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis enclosure

"This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out cold weather before climbing a thermal updraft into the sky." - Red-tailed Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

1 kinda of a weird angle but beggars can't be choosers

2 and 3 the interior of the enclosure makes it hard but I didn't want to use flash

look close at the legs and you can see the jesses used by the handlers when they display the hawk

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**aslyfox** · 02-23-2017, 04:26 PM

some times you just get caught with the wrong lens on the DSLR

K 3 + Smc PENTAX-D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro + HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter

The photos give me a sense of the power of the trumpeter swan, not what I usually think of when considering swans

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eddie1960 · 02-24-2017, 11:24 AM

lot's of great shots, thanks to Allen for pointing out the thread to me, here is one of a Canada goose (with assorted other fowl critters

) from last weekend

**Skodadriver** · 03-10-2017, 02:26 AM

This swan rose up out of the water to tease me about his magnificent wingspan.....so I missed getting all of his head in. Mind you it looks like his ablutions were a bit lax this morning, I can see the bits he missed!

**aslyfox** · 03-12-2017, 05:50 PM

take a look at these wing spans

1 an early experiment, extremely cropped, I could track the flight of the dragon fly but not really see it as it landed because of the distance but I triggered the shutter rapid fire and this was the best of the bunch

2 obviously this guy was closer and I knew that I had gotten the photo

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**luftfluss** · 03-13-2017, 09:16 PM

I found one that qualifies for this thread!

**aslyfox** · 03-14-2017, 01:10 AM

Originally posted by luftfluss

I found one that qualifies for this thread!

"By George, I do believe he's got it"

looks very nice perfect for the thread

thanks

**aslyfox** · 03-16-2017, 05:31 PM

[ a brief explanation, I was set up photographing a pair of Canada Geese within 6 - 8 feet and heard a commotion across the lake, swung the camera, squeezed the shutter and prayed, here are the very cropped results, x post ]

a goose getting out of dodge

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"Cheese it - - - -"

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very quick snap shots, heavily cropped photos

K 3 + HD PENTAX-DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR

**tmlawes** · 03-17-2017, 07:53 AM - **1 Like**

A rufous hummingbird stretching his wings near a feeder having only recently returned from his wintering area.

**aslyfox** · 03-17-2017, 09:41 AM

a slightly bigger bird found at the Kansas City Zoo - Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos

Lappet-faced vulture videos, photos and facts - Torgos tracheliotos | ARKive

photographed through the mesh of the enclosure

1 couldn't open zoom quick enough

2 a more identifiable photo

K 3 + Smc Pentax-DA L 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED WR

**aslyfox** · 04-03-2017, 05:34 AM

boy, it has been awhile since any one has posted here, i hope folks are not losing interests, the other posters are posting great photos.

here is a short series I call "competing"

drake mallards displaying at the Topeka Zoological Park

K 3 + HD PENTAX-DA 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 ED DC WR

**NS_Sailor** · 05-24-2017, 09:27 AM

Good fishing for local Osprey

**aslyfox** · 05-24-2017, 10:02 AM

wrong lens, massive crops

K 3 + Smc PENTAX-DA 40mm F2.8 XS

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eddie1960 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,666	lot's of great shots, thanks to Allen for pointing out the thread to me, here is one of a Canada goose (with assorted other fowl critters ) from last weekend

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luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,619	I found one that qualifies for this thread!

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aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,581 Original Poster	Originally posted by luftfluss I found one that qualifies for this thread! "By George, I do believe he's got it" looks very nice perfect for the thread thanks