Sparring Buzzards

gramps · 7 Nov 2016

A couple of Buzzards in an aerial sparring match above the Severn Estuary.

Sparring Buzzards by Roger, on Flickr

Rustydon · 7 Nov 2016

Great action to witness, Roger - well spotted and shot

Russ

pooley · 7 Nov 2016

Great action well caught Roger, the reflexes don't seem bad at all!

I love the action in the first in particular - if it was mine I'd clone out the 3 dark spots in the BG, but this is a very good shot

Mike

Cobra · 7 Nov 2016

Great action images Roger nicely captured !

gramps · 7 Nov 2016

pooley said:
Great action well caught Roger, the reflexes don't seem bad at all!

I love the action in the first in particular - if it was mine I'd clone out the 3 dark spots in the BG, but this is a very good shot

Mike

Thanks Mike, valid point on the spots, (they are Canada Geese), I think I was blind to the background.

Cobra said:
Great action images Roger nicely captured !

Thanks Chris

Cobra · 7 Nov 2016

gramps said:
Thanks Chris

Promoted to the front ( home) page

gramps · 7 Nov 2016

Cobra said:
Promoted to the front ( home) page

AdamSi · 7 Nov 2016

A lovely capture Roger and well deserved home page image

gramps · 7 Nov 2016

AdamSi said:
A lovely capture Roger and well deserved home page image

Thanks Adam, appreciated.

cruso · 7 Nov 2016

Nice work and well caught Gramps

holty · 7 Nov 2016

another great shot from the Master
also liked you shots of the feeding periguine brilliant

gramps · 7 Nov 2016

cruso said:
Nice work and well caught Gramps

Thanks Kev, comments appreciated as always.

holty said:
another great shot from the Master
also liked you shots of the feeding periguine brilliant

Or 'master of none' as SWMBO reminds me ... right place, right time again

macvisual · 7 Nov 2016

wOw tack sharp, excellent captures!

Brecksbirder · 7 Nov 2016

Cracking shots.

AllyB999 · 8 Nov 2016

Wow I am impressed, lovely capture.

wezza13 · 8 Nov 2016

No.1 for me. Probably the inclusion of the water, adds a little more to the bg.

Nice action shot taken in some nice light

gramps · 8 Nov 2016

macvisual said:
wOw tack sharp, excellent captures!

Thanks Peter

Brecksbirder said:
Cracking shots.

Thanks Richard

AllyB999 said:
Wow I am impressed, lovely capture.

Thanks Ally

wezza13 said:
No.1 for me. Probably the inclusion of the water, adds a little more to the bg.

Nice action shot taken in some nice light

Thanks Wez, I agree on #1 ... Buzzards legs better positioned in the 1st too IMO

jordanogrady · 8 Nov 2016

Oh wow! Love the 1st image!

gramps · 8 Nov 2016

jordanogrady said:
Oh wow! Love the 1st image!

Thanks Jordan, certainly an acrobatic display

GREENGRASS · 9 Nov 2016

Top images again Roger great colour and detail.
Paul.

gramps · 9 Nov 2016

GREENGRASS said:
Top images again Roger great colour and detail.
Paul.

Thanks Paul

JohnC6 · 9 Nov 2016

Wonderful captures. They put our military jet manoeuvres to shame. Such is Nature.

gramps · 9 Nov 2016

JohnC6 said:
Wonderful captures. They put our military jet manoeuvres to shame. Such is Nature.

Thank you John, yes amazing how frequently nature sets the lead

Stuart Philpott · 9 Nov 2016

ey up mate seen this but to capture it you blummin star !!

roger top for me Wez's water and the lower bird's up turned feet, For me mate some of your best !!
well done bro seriously cool
take care
Stu

gramps · 9 Nov 2016

Stuart Philpott said:
ey up mate seen this but to capture it you blummin star !!

roger top for me Wez's water and the lower bird's up turned feet, For me mate some of your best !!
well done bro seriously cool
take care
Stu

Cheers Stu ... poetic as ever

Stuart Philpott · 9 Nov 2016

what can I? say rushing tis all

very cool mate,ya know that courtship thing, where one goes right up shuts wings and for a split second is a bird on a stick with no blummin stick

before the dive..... I've always wanted to shoot that mate I adore just seeing it but tis a goal since camera became an obsession. So yours are very special to me and seriously well done.
love them buddy

Stu

gramps · 9 Nov 2016

Stuart Philpott said:
what can I? say rushing tis all

very cool mate,ya know that courtship thing, where one goes right up shuts wings and for a split second is a bird on a stick with no blummin stick before the dive..... I've always wanted to shoot that mate I adore just seeing it but tis a goal since camera became an obsession. So yours are very special to me and seriously well done.
love them buddy

Stu

Glad you like it Stu, I know how much you like getting out to see nature in action.

markyboy.1967 · 12 Nov 2016

A nice set of images, the 1st is the winner for me, shows both upper under underside of these birds in the same image...Like these.

gramps · 12 Nov 2016

markyboy.1967 said:
A nice set of images, the 1st is the winner for me, shows both upper under underside of these birds in the same image...Like these.

Thanks Mark, appreciate your taking the time to comment.

markyboy.1967 · 12 Nov 2016

Only comment when I'm at the iMac so i can see full size, all other times I'm on the iPhone looking hence don't comment.

BillN_33 · 12 Nov 2016

Roger, my comments on Image #1 would be, obviously IMHO,

The bg is oversaturated, particularly the blue
There are maybe six blobs in the bg - that spoit the image - they should be cloned out/in
I would probably look at a slight straightening of the horizontals
There is still little (dark) noise in the bg

The processing of the birds is very good, but maybe just a slight touch of too much black

gramps · 12 Nov 2016

BillN_33 said:
Roger, my comments on Image #1 would be, obviously IMHO,

The bg is oversaturated, particularly the blue

There are maybe six blobs in the bg - that spoit the image - they should be cloned out/in

I would probably look at a slight straightening of the horizontals

There is still little (dark) noise in the bg

The processing of the birds is very good, but maybe just a slight touch of too much black

Thanks for commenting Bill.

Adam-Green · 12 Nov 2016

These a great!

gramps · 12 Nov 2016

Adam-Green said:
These a great!

Thank you Adam

Adam-Green · 12 Nov 2016

What lens where you using for these?

gramps · 12 Nov 2016

Adam-Green said:
What lens where you using for these?

Hi Adam, these were taken using a Nikon 500 f4 VR with TC1.7-EII on a Nikon D500

GyRob · 14 Nov 2016

Only just seen these there very very nice and to get one from the top and one from the bottom shows them well.
Rob.

gramps · 14 Nov 2016

GyRob said:
Only just seen these there very very nice and to get one from the top and one from the bottom shows them well.
Rob.

Thanks Rob, it was nice to get them both together in flight

Paul Longstaff · 16 Nov 2016

gramps said:
A couple of Buzzards in an aerial sparring match above the Severn Estuary.

Sparring Buzzards by Roger, on Flickr

Sparring Buzzards by Roger, on Flickr

Love this..

gramps · 16 Nov 2016

Paul Longstaff said:
Love this..

Thanks Paul ... made a great change from seeing them perched on a post for hours!

Sparring Buzzards

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