This mornings Buzzards.

[dseered]

These birds are going to be the death of me, spent the morning chasing them around the Lyth Valley - they are so damned nervous though, swooping away just as they are in shooting distance, I was more succesful nearer the village as the were soaring fairly near - still big crops though and a broken 100-400L for my troubles
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[oldgit]

good shots, but not workth busting your lens for

 

[purpleclouds]

How did you bust the lens?

 

[Tooler]

Very nice.

I have a few pics of these myself but none quite so close. Well done.

No. 1 is better for the light.

 

[dseered]

How did you bust the lens?

Appears to be grit in the barrel, has now got some nasty scoring and the Smooth / Tight ring is locked out and won't budge

 

[RogDen31]

i tried last week to get some buzzard shots but just couldnt get close enough

 

[dseered]

i tried last week to get some buzzard shots but just couldnt get close enough

I have been trying for months, see loads when out and about at work during the week but they seem elusive at weekends, when I do find them they normally spot me first and bugger off !

 

[RogDen31]

my efforts are in this thread http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=52215

a couple of weeks before i only had a 50mm on and was upwind of 1 perched on a tree. as i approached he moved a couple of trees further away and then dissappeared into the woods. Carried on with the dog walk and 1/2 hour later he was back on the same perch