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danielchtong · Jun 8, 2008, 11:59 AM

As it was posing for me , I took chance of getting real close

Daniel

Rickst · Jun 8, 2008, 1:22 PM

Who says dinosaurs are extinct? Nice shots.

bilybianca · Jun 8, 2008, 2:47 PM

Is it in an inner city park, or how did you manage to get that close? Nice result anyway, whatever you did to make it cooperate. 200 mm DA*?

Kjell

danielchtong · Jun 8, 2008, 3:45 PM

Rick

Thanks for the positive comments

bilybianca wrote:

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Is it in an inner city park, or how did you manage to get that close? Nice result anyway, whatever you did to make it cooperate. 200 mm DA*?

Kjell

Kjell, I took these bunch from a conservation area in a suburb by Toronto, called Unionville. Around 300K people. When they are hunting, they do not care about people closing in unlike the time when they are in their rookery. You know me. I like to push the len's limit and see how far it can go. It just confirms the old reputation of FA*200mm.

Daniel

mtngal · Jun 8, 2008, 5:10 PM

All I can say is they are really awesome! You keep posting these awesome pictures and they definitely have given me LBA. Love them!

a200user · Jun 8, 2008, 7:38 PM

Great shots Daniel, you've inspired me to go look for some of our local grey's and blue's. They are amazing creatures in flight.

Jim

Rodney9 · Jun 9, 2008, 4:57 AM

Very close, Very nice.

danielchtong · Jun 10, 2008, 5:35 PM

Rodney, Harriet , Jim

Thanks for commenting. Actually if only I had Tamron 70-200mm or Tom's Pentax 80-200mm, I would have the whole bird and the splashing scene all in a frame. Instead I did cut off part of the subject to accommodate the latter.
I had nowhere to back into (for zooming out) with my fixed 200mm. This is the whole subject minus the interesting part though

In this case, seems that a zoom wins

Daniel

p.s. edited in later

I did not post this one as it seemed that it was blurry. It is to an extent. But actually the bird was swinging so much so that its head was kind of twisted up.

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Jun 8, 2008, 11:59 AM	#1
danielchtong Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,893	As it was posing for me , I took chance of getting real close Daniel

Jun 8, 2008, 1:22 PM	#2
Rickst Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,599	Who says dinosaurs are extinct? Nice shots.

Jun 8, 2008, 2:47 PM	#3
bilybianca Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hassleholm, Sweden Posts: 3,443	Is it in an inner city park, or how did you manage to get that close? Nice result anyway, whatever you did to make it cooperate. 200 mm DA*? Kjell

Jun 8, 2008, 5:10 PM	#5
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,115	All I can say is they are really awesome! You keep posting these awesome pictures and they definitely have given me LBA. Love them!

Jun 8, 2008, 7:38 PM	#6
a200user Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Western New York Posts: 942	Great shots Daniel, you've inspired me to go look for some of our local grey's and blue's. They are amazing creatures in flight. Jim

Jun 9, 2008, 4:57 AM	#7
Rodney9 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yeronga, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Posts: 3,518	Very close, Very nice.

Jun 10, 2008, 5:35 PM	#8
danielchtong Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,893	Rodney, Harriet , Jim Thanks for commenting. Actually if only I had Tamron 70-200mm or Tom's Pentax 80-200mm, I would have the whole bird and the splashing scene all in a frame. Instead I did cut off part of the subject to accommodate the latter. I had nowhere to back into (for zooming out) with my fixed 200mm. This is the whole subject minus the interesting part though In this case, seems that a zoom wins Daniel p.s. edited in later I did not post this one as it seemed that it was blurry. It is to an extent. But actually the bird was swinging so much so that its head was kind of twisted up.