Hawks & Hummer

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Ken
Canon 350D + 400D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS, 400 5.6L
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50
http://ken.smugmug.com/

B_Algood said:

Great takes Ken, well focused, composed and photographed, well
done..Bill ~

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Thank you Bill for stopping by and taking a look and I hope you have an enjoyalbe and prosperous new yeay!

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Ken
Canon 350D + 400D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS, 400 5.6L
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50
http://ken.smugmug.com/

tylerken said:

You have to be aweful proud of that shot - I sure would be. Beats
anything I've been able to do. Gosh!

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Thanks Ken,

I really love your little humming bird though, I always wanted to take a good photo of one of those, but they are so small, and getting close was so hard.

I have no idea what was wrong with this hawk, as I just kept getting closer to him, and every now and then he would how a few feet away, but let me get really close again, for at least a few minutes, till he flew off - free as a bird!

I'd been trying to take a good hawk photo this whole previous year, but could never get close enough either.

But this person we were visiting asked if i wanted to see a hawk, and said he was in the next field, I felt really blessed of God, as those pictures were the result.

Ben

Benjamin Turner said:

I have no idea what was wrong with this hawk, as I just kept
getting closer to him, and every now and then he would how a few
feet away, but let me get really close again, for at least a few
minutes, till he flew off - free as a bird!

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I've heard that if a Raptor has just finished a big meal they are a little slower at flying off - which could be the case here given the blood on it'ts beak. Fortune smiled on the opportunistic photographer

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Ken
Canon 350D + 400D, EF-S 17-85 IS, 100-400L IS, 400 5.6L
Panasonic FZ20 & FZ50
http://ken.smugmug.com/

Very nice series. I couldn't pick a favorite.

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TOTALLY WACKY roger
FZ 30, Nikon TCE17, QuikAim Max RDS, Zeiss Digiscope/Sony W7

stunning photos ken! I especially love the hummer photo...that is really sharp!! nice going on the hawk also...what lens on the Fz did you use?
Happy New Year!
Kim K

Hey Ken some great shots here. I would love to get some good hawk pics like these. As for the Hummer I thought I would give you a belated christmas present. I hope you don;t mind, you did say you wanted the branch removed.
Have a great NewYear too

tylerken said:

I got probably my sharpest ever FZ hummer shot yesterday. Bonus was
a nice background. Just wish that little brach wasn't there...

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Jeff



Link for Gallery: http://atomicfish.smugmug.com

Well done Ken. I love the smooth bark tree.........lol. I am serious. Is that river birch or do you know the name of it?
Great bird shots also. The hummer is nice. They all are!!!
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CJ N SC
Blue Roo. Oz Shepard.

All very nice, my pick is the first, thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Bob.

Hawks now that's a neat subject Ken. I could take a picture of a hawk,
no problem. But it would probably be on top of a 70' utility pole 200'
away. Good work.
Dave
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