This is a really outstanding set near perfection. Thanks for sharing your wonderful images.
Just the other day i had a brown hawk owl vist my garden and I managed to dash in and out and shoot a couple of frames. He was perched quite high on the branh of a mango tree so the angle was not too good. Used a flash and he had bright yellow eyes with cherry red pupils. Dunno if this was red eye. I have seen him again a few times but never manged to be quick enough to lock focus. Must keep trying. He has a curious habbit of perching on a gauva tree banch and peering through the window at my kids studying in the evenings. But the moment I try to put a lens out through the curtain - swoosh!
Rob Keaton wrote:
Beautiful series, love it. My faves are #s 1 thru 13 (although #11 isn't doesn't do much for me ).
I feel like I'm watching an episode of Wild America w/ Marty Stouffer. Great work.
edit: the comment about #11 was a joke because there was no image showing at all (thought it would be funny). But I just looked again and it popped up - wow, another winner!
Jody, when are you going to get this BIF thing down These are absolutely amazing. #10 is literally one of the best BIF shots of any species I have ever seen. Great work.
mark fadely wrote:
Incredible Jody, I hope you do the photoshop class somewhere where we can all have access, ie. web based. You have a lot of great techniques that could benefit everyone.
On the baiting issue...... everyone with a bird feeder does the same thing. Wild birds in general are learning to live with us and becoming very urban. Not that it's right or wrong it's just the birds adapting. Here in Indiana there were no Eagles 50 years ago and now through the Eagle re-introduction program there are now several hundred, yeah!
Love that last shot too.
Thanks a lot buddy! I am seriously considering Webcast for online now...as well. People have been emailing me and asking, so I'm probably going to do it. I'm collecting names right now to notify them when I start...
I want to add myself to your list of back-patters. These, as all your photos, are stellar.
Raptors really top the list of favorite birds (although Warblers in the spring probably beat them out…slightly). Sitting here in dismal Columbus OH, now is the beginning of raptor season. The next couple months will be the best time of year to shoot them.
I sent you a PM with some questions. I hope you will take the time to answer them.
Gorgeous serie, very good, but I have to say I find the 10 really splendid and really weel done the background counteract perfectly with the bird and the bird has a great position, perfect shot,... for me.
alameda wrote:
Gee thanks! Once more I am left staring at my monitor, shaking my head, mumbling to myself -- wow, wow. Just amazing shots! When is National Geographic going to get to you? They got Mr. Zoom and you are long over due. Wonderful shots that are a hell of lot more fun to look at than a bunch of close up shots of kidney stones that left me staring at my monitor saying -- ouch, o-shit, awwww - I hope I never get them. Again thanks! Steve W
Thanks a bunch, Steve!
Actually National Geographic did kinda "get me". I had two photo purchased from me that were in a recently released National Geographic book entitled "Birding Essentials".
Amazing series Jody.
I've shot hawk owls before, but never with this type of success or quality. I really know the challenge of focusing on these flying bullets. I particularly like the images of the owl backed by the red/autumn foliage. Excellent work!
Were you using a MkIII or D3 to do these?... focus accuracy is killer.
cheers,
bruce
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