Every day we brush off the loose hair on our Golden Retriever, normally it goes in the bin but this time of the year we put it on the lawn as the birds love it for nesting material. Fascinating to watch them pick up individual hairs rather than a clump of hair. I guess it is easier to handle if they are all aligned in the beak?
Canon 1D MkII N
Canon 600mm F4 L IS USM prime + 21+31mm extn tubes
Canon 580Ex flashgun and better beamer used to lift the shadows slightly @ -1 1/3 comp
Gitzo 1348 flat on the ground
1/100sec@f8 iso 200. (slightly short on DoF at f8 but I couldn't get a clean image any slower, too much subject movement)
Processed in C1 Pro and CS2
Very good behavioural shot. Look's like some exotic bird with those "whiskers".
Your story reminds of when I was a kid, my Dad used to grow a beard over the winter and come April/May he looked like Grizzly Adams, we all used to go in the garden and watch the big shave, we too always left his beard on the lawn and in the bushes and the birds always come and took it away.
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6 repliesCanon 1D MkII N
Canon 600mm F4 L IS USM prime + 21+31mm extn tubes
Canon 580Ex flashgun and better beamer used to lift the shadows slightly @ -1 1/3 comp
Gitzo 1348 flat on the ground
1/100sec@f8 iso 200. (slightly short on DoF at f8 but I couldn't get a clean image any slower, too much subject movement)
Processed in C1 Pro and CS2
It's amazing how many birds use animal hair to line their nests. It is a good example to us to recycle.
Rob
Very good behavioural shot. Look's like some exotic bird with those "whiskers".
Your story reminds of when I was a kid, my Dad used to grow a beard over the winter and come April/May he looked like Grizzly Adams, we all used to go in the garden and watch the big shave, we too always left his beard on the lawn and in the bushes and the birds always come and took it away.
Regards
Rob
Funny shot
John
Aberdeen