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Posted by John Robinson on December 5, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Flaps Down.
Buzzard
This is a wild bird coming in to bait. It is always a dilemma deciding whether or when to take your first flight shot of the bird coming in . If it spooks the bird ,it can be weeks of work wasted. This one was ok although, after that I kept to perchers mainly. Site baited almost daily for 5 years by that great mentor of mine Roy Blewitt.One of the "old school"
This is a about a quarter of the frame. Manual focus
800ISO 100-300mm.Sigma.
300th sec f8
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Ben Simmonds on December 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM
John, i think the punch line here is "baited almost daily for 5 years" it just shows how much work goes into getting a shot like this, thank you for the insight.
Posted by Tom Smit on December 5, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Hi John,

A wow-shot.
The body between the legs and the head seams a little more pale then the rest. Maybe it's may monitor but the head and the legs looks sharp to me but the same area (between legs and head) seems less sharp. Is it me or ???

But a nice picture anyway, offcourse.
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Posted by John Robinson on December 5, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Thanks both.
Tom - maybe its the feet coming forward to land like they do. Probably got the levels wrong too.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Iain Tookey on December 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Wow! Just Wow! :smile:
Posted by Tom Smit on December 6, 2008 at 3:34 AM
Oke John, but it stays a terrific shot.
Thanks.
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Posted by Matt Cole on December 6, 2008 at 4:28 AM
looks pretty good to me John, a nicely captured shot. I like the position of the wings.

Matt
Posted by Mark Fellowes on December 6, 2008 at 5:56 AM
Great action shot John - I like the impression of movement in the wings.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Paul Inglis on December 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Hi John,

Cracking flight shot! Master of all trades, Jack of none! Brilliant!
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Posted by Robert Lawrence on December 6, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Another cracker John. I particularly like the splayed primaries.
Robert
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 6, 2008 at 1:23 PM
This is brill John, the light on the underwing, the motion-blur and typical buzzard splayed wingtips and the sharpness of the head make it am absolute cracker. And the story itself tells us a lot about approaching this sort of subject :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on December 6, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Thanks again.
Its no wall hanger but it makes a nice lttle postcard . :smile:

Which I am quite happy with these days.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Ian Mason on December 6, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Excellent! I can't get near these, although I see plenty of them.
Posted by Drew Mellowship on December 7, 2008 at 6:56 AM
I think that you could get away with any sort of 'wrong' levels as this is simply a stunning shot.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Guy Rogers on December 7, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Hello John.

Great shot and just wish I could get a good shot of a buzzard.

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