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Predators

  • 07-05-2012 1:49pm
    #1
    trooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭


    A recent encounter with some beautiful birds, of the killing variety -

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    Comments... ?


Comments

  • #2
    Hogzy
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    What lens was used and what focal length?


  • #3
    trooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭trooney


    All on a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L


  • #4
    BFassassin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭BFassassin


    Really nice detail picked up in the feathers and eyes and then the great bokeh.
    Favorites would be number 4 and number 1


  • #5
    mrboswell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭mrboswell


    Very nice.
    I like the last owl one best as the focal point is on the eye as opposed to the beak.


  • #6
    artyeva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,137 ✭✭✭artyeva


    i like the last one best i think cause of the angle it's taken from. it doesn't feel yer looking across at the bird, it feels like yer looking down on it so it kinda more intimate [ooh matron]. i like number 2 too, but maybe a bit more of the right hand side cropped off. lovely detail in them all. they're amazing animals aren't they? i've been to 'eagles flying' in sligo a few times - could sit and pet them and stare at them all day.


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  • #7
    TelePaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭TelePaul


    1 and 4 are stunning IMO. Really nicely captured. Whereabouts was this if you don't mind my asking?


  • #8
    Tallon
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    Truly stunning!


  • #9
    greeneyedspirit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭greeneyedspirit


    Very nice, I love the Harris Hawk and the great grey owl in particular, that's a really good shot, because it's an unusual angle.
    For the first two, make sure you focus on the eye of the animal, not the beak :) Lovely looking falcon, still!


  • #10
    trooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭trooney


    TelePaul wrote: »
    1 and 4 are stunning IMO. Really nicely captured. Whereabouts was this if you don't mind my asking?

    This was at a medieval day in a restored castle near Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.


  • #11
    digitaldolf
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭digitaldolf


    Nice shots. Love birds of prey.


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  • #12
    a fat guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭a fat guy


    Amazing images.

    Pity that I can't quite afford such a camera, so I can't try to copy you...


  • #13
    trooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭trooney


    a fat guy wrote: »
    Amazing images.

    Pity that I can't quite afford such a camera, so I can't try to copy you...

    Cheers. Don't be letting anything like that put you off. Besides, these were more the lens than the camera :). But sure whatever lens/cam you have, get out and just take some shots and enjoy it.


  • #14
    Necronomicon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,589 ✭✭✭✭Necronomicon


    Incredible. They're all great, but #4 is the standout for me. I just love the composition. And it's so sharp I'd be reticent about touching it :)


  • #15
    AnimalRights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭AnimalRights


    3 & 4 are best in my view, 1 & 2 the focus is on the beak and the eyes are therefore soft.


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