Northern Goshawk

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Finally getting through some of my stuff from Norway



EOS 7D, EF 400mm f/4DO IS, Tripod, Acratech Long Lens head

This was pushing the 7D to the limits with ISO 3200, 1/40s at f/4. It gets pretty dark in those pine forests...

Paul
 
Paul

Did you enhance the eye of the bird - looks quite bright? Cracking shot, though!

Andy
 
great shot, love the pose, (y)
 
Nice shot fella, did very well in the conditions! :)

Was you shooting from a hide, or was you out and about scouting for them?

drew
 
Cheers guys.

Drew - it was from a hide. They are incredibly skittish and even from a baited hide, you have to be very careful. No noise, limited number of shutter firings, very limited camera movement, etc.
 
Top job :) We've just got the 2man hide from stealthgear, can't wait to use it

drew
 
grumpybadger said:
Thanks guys.

Andy - no enhancement. Absolutely as shot - and I mean that. No levels or anything...
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As if I'd accuse you of tinkering - no, it just looked really vivid, it's great it's so luminous.

grumpybadger said:
No noise, limited number of shutter firings, very limited camera movement, etc.
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No doubt due to the cold as well as not disturbing the bird...
 
I've found before that rain can make images look "super saturated" - and I don't mean wet!

Cold wasn't too bad. It was raining not snowing at this point so was just above freezing (precipitation was falling as snow again about 5 minutes later)
 
grumpybadger said:
I've found before that rain can make images look "super saturated" - and I don't mean wet!

Cold wasn't too bad. It was raining not snowing at this point so was just above freezing (precipitation was falling as snow again about 5 minutes later)
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Interesting observation - I tried to photograph things today and mostly it was I who was super-saturated... :sulk:

I'm surprised it wasn't colder - I sort of assumed Norway would be colder than here - especially in the north
 
Great shot Paul, on the oneshow tonight they had a female couldn't believe how big they are. You are very lucky to get this close to a wild one, I hope they become more common in the uk.

(y)
 
AndyElliott said:
I'm surprised it wasn't colder - I sort of assumed Norway would be colder than here - especially in the north
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Oh, this was the warm day when a wet front came through. We had colder weather I can assure you. I think -19 was the lowest but it may have been -21. This site was close to sea level so considerably warmer.

Liam said:
Great shot Paul, on the oneshow tonight they had a female couldn't believe how big they are. You are very lucky to get this close to a wild one, I hope they become more common in the uk.

(y)
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I know how lucky I am Liam (y) But, the more you try, the luckier you get :nuts: This was the male bird - I didn't see the female but IanC_UK did. I think there are about 400 pairs in the UK so they are reasonably widespread, just incredibly shy and cautious...
 
Thanks Mark. Yes it was an organised photographic trip - primarily for eagles but the goshawk was a possibility and it would be rude to to try!
 
artyman said:
A Goshawk featured on The One Show tonight.
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Just watched that on iPlayer. Thanks for the pointer. What a great sequence. The high speed camera was done on Springwatch last year and they actually got footage of a bird pulling its wings in and pushing off a tree with its feet to get through a small gap.

Love the "on bird" camera footage though and top marks to Ellie for getting a chunk of Mike Dillger in her talons!
 
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