Short of a long story - able to hook up with a renowned NSWO expert a couple of hours away and fortunate that he led me and a couple other photographers to two NSWOS who were very accommodating to our photography shenanigans.
Incredible experience and majestic, tiny raptors for sure! The NSWO in the last three shots has a vole in its grasp. Tried to better showcase it - but limited in maneuver space and did not want to spook the little guy.
Tech notes - this was a spur-of the moment adventure and did not have time to go home and grab my 70-200...which would have been perfect...so made due with the incredibly sharp Nikkor 24-120/4 S lens.
Thanks for checking them out.
#1
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S lens120mmf/4.01/125s1250 ISO0.0 EV
#2
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S lens120mmf/4.01/125s1400 ISO0.0 EV
#3
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S lens120mmf/4.01/125s4000 ISO0.0 EV
#4
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S lens120mmf/4.01/125s2200 ISO0.0 EV
#5
NIKON Z 9NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S lens120mmf/4.01/60s1800 ISO0.0 EV
gmccroskery wrote:
These are wonderful. No. 3 would be my favorite, followed closely by #5. Well done!
Greg
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johnohio wrote:
Great subject, tough to find and hard to get clean shots with eyes wide open. Congrats these are super !
John
Morris, Greg, and John - thanks for checking them out, the feedback and posting. Yes - these guys are truly fit in the 'finding a needle in a haystack'. Without assistance and guiding, not sure I would have seen them...albeit..they left quite a bit of sign (whitewash and pellets) at most of their favorite trees....so one on the look would at least be alerted).
I've searched high-and-low for these little beauties, heard one, once, some years ago. Beautiful set of images...I'm both jealous and inspired to keep looking!
G.E. Smith wrote:
Great set John. Those eyes are incredible !
Greg
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jimmy462 wrote:
I've searched high-and-low for these little beauties, heard one, once, some years ago. Beautiful set of images...I'm both jealous and inspired to keep looking!
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douter wrote:
It's always good to have friends!, Nice work, JC!
Douglas
Greg - thank you very much!
Jimmy - yes, very difficult to locate for sure....as Douglas mentioned...without my resource, would have never had the chance. Granted, the location is two hours north of me, so that may help in availability. The other thing I found odd was they were perched within a well-occupied part of a town park. So - these did not require a 2 hour hike into gnarly woods to see...which was a huge surprise to me.
Douglas - yes, it's not what you know....it's who you know! Thanks for the kind comment!
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