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p.1 #1 · Cooped up in Tucson

On my way back one late afternoon from shooting the owls' nest I saw a couple of coops that were also making a nest in a tall evergreen not more than 50 yards from my room. Unfortunately the nest was really obscured by branches and the coops were hunting from very tall eucalyptus trees.
But I did manage to get a couple in nice light and one in the shadows. The only problem was trying to shoot these while holding a conversation with two other people who were more interested in my large lens than in what I was photographing

Eric

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Apr 22, 2012 at 02:46 AM

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p.1 #2 · Cooped up in Tucson

I feel your pain

I have a shirt that one day I would like to get printed for just such occasions

Nice shots of the Coopers BTW

Apr 22, 2012 at 02:56 AM

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p.1 #3 · Cooped up in Tucson

Wonderful shots.

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:15 AM

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p.1 #4 · Cooped up in Tucson

Coops are very Cool Eric, any encounter with them is a reward buddy. Your story reminds me of the 5yr old that rode his bike with training wheels up onto a wooden bridge to talk to me while I was stalking a Green Heron............of course your adults you would have thought to have more sense

By the way, GH's don't seem to mind noisy kids on training wheels, only quiet photographers do they flee from

Take care
Karl

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:23 AM

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p.1 #5 · Cooped up in Tucson

Great shots, Eric. In those cases, you just have to learn to talk out the side of your mouth and keep your eye on the viewfinder.

Tony

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:52 AM

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p.1 #6 · Cooped up in Tucson

Nice details in these, esp the first two. Good work Eric..

Apr 22, 2012 at 04:59 AM

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p.1 #7 · Cooped up in Tucson

Great shots Eric, despite the interference

David

Apr 22, 2012 at 07:10 AM

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p.1 #8 · Cooped up in Tucson

lovely set Eric

Apr 22, 2012 at 08:55 AM

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p.1 #9 · Cooped up in Tucson

Very nice Eric. Large lenses do seem to attract women - er -people ~ Ron

Apr 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM

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p.1 #10 · Cooped up in Tucson

You did well esp. with the high angle. 1 and 2 are gorgeous

Apr 22, 2012 at 01:09 PM

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p.1 #11 · Cooped up in Tucson

Very nice set, Eric. That's a beautiful dark blue sky in the first two images.
Chris

Apr 22, 2012 at 01:50 PM

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p.1 #12 · Cooped up in Tucson

Eric, What a nice set of Coops. You done good!

I've been a bit "cooped up" in the other sense for last last few days. I had a bout with a Green-masked Carotid Cutter. Only this time I was the focus of his photography as well as his other talents. He seemed very pleased with the results of our encounter.

Norm

Apr 22, 2012 at 01:59 PM

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p.1 #13 · Cooped up in Tucson

Nice set Eric, the first two are the standouts for me.

Mike

Apr 22, 2012 at 02:22 PM

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p.1 #14 · Cooped up in Tucson

Lovely light and detail, Eric, especially in the first two

Socrate

Apr 22, 2012 at 02:52 PM

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p.1 #15 · Cooped up in Tucson

I hate when that happens, that's why I keep my responses to a one word minimum, like yeah, oh, yup, and I never ask them any question after a minute or two they get the feeling of me not wanting to talk to them. But I like Tim's idea on the t-shirt, or a nice bumper sticker along the side of the lens that says "Don't even ask me about my lens!"

Nice shots Eric.

Apr 22, 2012 at 02:57 PM

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p.1 #16 · Cooped up in Tucson

Very well done.

Wacky roger

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:01 PM

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p.1 #17 · Cooped up in Tucson

These are excellent Eric.
Harsha

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:12 PM

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p.1 #18 · Cooped up in Tucson

Beauty shots Eric, #2 is the winner for me.

Rob

Apr 22, 2012 at 03:13 PM

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p.1 #19 · Cooped up in Tucson

tfoltz wrote:
I feel your pain

I have a shirt that one day I would like to get printed for just such occasions

Nice shots of the Coopers BTW
Thanks Tim...maybe I'll just wear a Ted Nugent shirt...a 21st Century Clint "Make my Day"
Eric

Apr 22, 2012 at 04:34 PM

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p.1 #20 · Cooped up in Tucson

Jonathan Huynh wrote:
Wonderful shots.
Thanks Jonathan.

Eric

Apr 22, 2012 at 04:35 PM

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