Wild A morning out with Circus aeruginosus

[Deleted member 34016]

Lovely day yesterday I spent a few hours with this beautiful birds - no hide just sat in various places around my usual haunts

Sony a9 + Sony 200-600mm - all hand held

1.
DSC00182mh by Les Moxon, on Flickr

2.
DSC00223 Locked on by Les Moxon, on Flickr

3.
DSC00220 Stike a Pose by Les Moxon, on Flickr

4.
DSC00217 Just a Hover by Les Moxon, on Flickr

5.
DSC00204 Up close by Les Moxon, on Flickr

6 my personal favourite

DSC00197 MH Fly by by Les Moxon, on Flickr


Thanks for looking


Les

 

[Gav.]

These are nice Les

 

[medwaygreen]

Beautiful bird and beautiful photographs.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

These are nice Les

Thank you Gav-I am till getting to grips with Exposure Compensation and the Sony a9 too ,

Beautiful bird and beautiful photographs.

Thank you Richard - comments are always appreciated

Les

 

[Gav.]

Thank you Gav-I am till getting to grips with Exposure Compensation and the Sony a9 too

I'm only veiwing on my mobile, but they look good, you've got enough Sony bodies, you should be used to them

 

[Deleted member 34016]

I'm only veiwing on my mobile, but they look good, you've got enough Sony bodies, you should be used to them

Cheeky sod I have 3 to be fair that's never enough

 

[Box Brownie]

A lovely set of a beautiful raptor.

#6 is superb but #3 (angel of death?) is very good too for the overall wing position and 'posture'.

TFS

 

[Deleted member 34016]

A lovely set of a beautiful raptor.

#6 is superb but #3 (angel of death?) is very good too for the overall wing position and 'posture'.

TFS

Thank you Laurence - they are truly a joy to watch

 

[Box Brownie]

Thank you Laurence - they are truly a joy to watch

We are going to Guernsey again this year and there is one location I know of where there were/are a pair of Marsh Harriers but to date never gotten any pictures worth sharing.

The place has a secondary hide nearer to their preferred 'hangout' but is not the easiest hide to reach ~ pushing through reeds 10ft tall if I recall.... shall have to see as I would not want to cause them any disturbance!

PS for versatility I usually use the 40-150 & x2 TC but with the Harrier in mind the 300 & x1.4 and the Bird AI of the Om-1 I might get some better images from the first hide???

 

[Topsy]

Love em Les.

 

[u8myufo]

A lovely set Les

 

[derbydude]

Nice set Les number 6

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Love em Les.

A lovely set Les

Nice set Les number 6

Thank you Gent's your comments are really appreciated

 

[superpippo]

A lovely bird, well caught

 

[Deleted member 34016]

A lovely bird, well caught

Thank you Alan- nice of you to comment

 

[SDawes]

The last one is a stunner Les

 

[Deleted member 34016]

The last one is a stunner Les

Just luck, more than planning Steve- he flew right past me around 30 yards from where I was stood I did see him coming and had time to set a fast shutter speed

Les

 

[Elvis75]

Very nice