The storm bringer

[Cobra]

Out with My mate Dave & "Storm" just before Xmas
My fat lazy SOB was in no mood to fly so I just took the camera along and amused my self ( taking pictures )

If I sit here long enough someone will feed me

Gently does it.................

Is this my best side?

all 400D & 70-200L

 

[IanC_UK]

If the Jessies (never sure how you spell that) and bells werent in view first would be absolutely stonking pic not that there is anything wrong with it as is though, is highly unlikely we would see these in the wild here great set Chris

 

[Cobra]

Thanks Ian! they are a central / south American species so not likely though there are reportedly a few "ferals" (escapee's) breeding ( surviving at least ) in the south
( Kent & Hampshire areas)
BTW " Jesse's"

 

[..MD..]

i like the 1st shot there mate .

but the 2nd is a shot i would love to have a bird like that coming into land " hand out of shot jesse cloned out "

oh i can see it now..

tfs

md

 

[Cobra]

Cheers md I've got some like that but they look a little bit odd as its "un-natural" behaviour ( to me)
TFL

 

[dod]

Very disappointed, there's nothing funny about these at all, you need better material

Lovely bird though

 

[Cobra]

Very disappointed, there's nothing funny about these at all, you need better material

Lovely bird though

Am I getting a bit of a rep?

 

[..MD..]

Cheers md I've got some like that but they look a little bit odd as its "un-natural" behaviour ( to me)
TFL

perhaps you need to clone in a little animal to give the impression of " your time is up"



md

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Superb shots Chris of a stunning creature

 

[Cobra]

Thanks for the kind comments Alby its appriciated

 

[birdy961]

Lovely shots Chris
A handsome beast indeed

 

[oldgit]

Comparing the first and the last it looks to me as the 1st one could do with a bit of a (selective masked?) levels tweak to lighten it a bit.
Nice shots otherwise

 

[Cobra]

Lovely shots Chris
A handsome beast indeed

Thanks Robin

Comparing the first and the last it looks to me as the 1st one could do with a bit of a (selective masked?) levels tweak to lighten it a bit.
Nice shots otherwise

Thanks for the feed back Paul, its appriciated
Yes your right it is a tad dark I have given it a levels boost and bought it out a little ( as per the image) but I am not good enough with PS yet as far as the "masking" thing goes ( not got the hang of it yet)

 

[StewartR]

Lovely photos. I agree that #1 is dark, but since the bird's back is in the shade I suspect it would be difficult to do much about it. I think the differential focus in #2 - with the handler just slightly OOF - is absolutely great.

However, I must admit I'm a bit surprised by the harshness of the OOF background in #1 and #2. I'd have expected better from a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L - more like #3 in fact.

 

[Cobra]

Lovely photos. I agree that #1 is dark, but since the bird's back is in the shade I suspect it would be difficult to do much about it. I think the differential focus in #2 - with the handler just slightly OOF - is absolutely great.

However, I must admit I'm a bit surprised by the harshness of the OOF background in #1 and #2. I'd have expected better from a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L - more like #3 in fact.

Thanks for the feedback Stewart
I was right in the birds face "wide open" in #3 the others were smaller apertures and a little distance away from the bird. I don't think I still have the original files to check the exact EXIF though

 

[StewartR]

I don't think I still have the original files to check the exact EXIF though

You don't need the originals. The pictures posted here have EXIF data and I can see it using Opanda IExif.

#1 was f=153mm, 1/800th at f/4.
#2 was f=148mm, 1/500th at f/4.
#3 was f=145mm, 1/100th at f/4.

So they all had pretty much the same focal length, and they were all at f/4. Were you actually closer to the bird in #3? That might account for the background being more completely OOF.

 

[Cobra]

You don't need the originals. The pictures posted here have EXIF data and I can see it using Opanda IExif.

#1 was f=153mm, 1/800th at f/4.
#2 was f=148mm, 1/500th at f/4.
#3 was f=145mm, 1/100th at f/4.

So they all had pretty much the same focal length, and they were all at f/4. Were you actually closer to the bird in #3? That might account for the background being more completely OOF.

I got that wrong then
I thought I had removed the EXIF ( not that it matters)
Yes I was right in the birds face, which in turn was a distance from the background, shot against a "wide open" space

 

[elvis]

Great shots is it Harris hawk?

 

[Cobra]

Great shots is it Harris hawk?

Cheers Elvis yep its a 3rd year male Harris