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there was a big fall festival at matterhorn nursery here today (nyc 'burbs)....among the usual hayrides, pony rides, pumpkins etc, there was today, a raptor exhibition. it was very, very cool. my four-year old boy was "rapt" for the full hour (and in the words of bill cosby, "those of you with children, you'll know what i mean...") lol...anyhow, it was a great day for shooting and i managed to capture the below birds.
falcon at rest:



falcon in flight: (who says the f717 can't do action??!!!)



and this bald eagle was truly majestic:



it was a great exhibition! no raptors were harmed in the making of these photographs....

-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
Hey Andy,

Great capture of the falcon in flight. How did you do it?

Harry

http://www.pbase.com/hpb

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'We don't make a photograph just with a camera; we bring to the act of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have heard, the people we have loved.' Ansel Adams
 
andy99999andy said:
there was a big fall festival at matterhorn nursery here today (nyc
'burbs)....among the usual hayrides, pony rides, pumpkins etc,
there was today, a raptor exhibition. it was very, very cool. my
four-year old boy was "rapt" for the full hour (and in the words of
bill cosby, "those of you with children, you'll know what i
mean...") lol...anyhow, it was a great day for shooting and i
managed to capture the below birds.
falcon at rest:



falcon in flight: (who says the f717 can't do action??!!!)



and this bald eagle was truly majestic:



it was a great exhibition! no raptors were harmed in the making of
these photographs....

-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
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Mark
http://adigitalfreak.deviantart.com/gallery/
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thanks a lot for the compliment, harry! coming from you, you've made my day ;>

believe it or not, this was one out of one shot - the birdman gave a little preamble, then set the bird off on a little flight - so i had about a minute to prepare. i snuck away from my wife and boy so as not to be distracted...i was about 100' away i would say, from where i thought the bird would be flying by.... then i watched, waited, and did the a slow pan as he flew from right to left... it was very bright so i think this was at 1/500th and f4....quite ideal i would say. i tucked my elbows in and panned and squoze... and, was very pleased with the result! love this f717!
Harry Behret said:
Hey Andy,

Great capture of the falcon in flight. How did you do it?

Harry

http://www.pbase.com/hpb

--
'We don't make a photograph just with a camera; we bring to the act
of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen,
the music we have heard, the people we have loved.' Ansel Adams
Click to expand...
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
digital-freak said:
andy99999andy said:
there was a big fall festival at matterhorn nursery here today (nyc
'burbs)....among the usual hayrides, pony rides, pumpkins etc,
there was today, a raptor exhibition. it was very, very cool. my
four-year old boy was "rapt" for the full hour (and in the words of
bill cosby, "those of you with children, you'll know what i
mean...") lol...anyhow, it was a great day for shooting and i
managed to capture the below birds.
falcon at rest:



falcon in flight: (who says the f717 can't do action??!!!)



and this bald eagle was truly majestic:



it was a great exhibition! no raptors were harmed in the making of
these photographs....

-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
Click to expand...
--
Mark
http://adigitalfreak.deviantart.com/gallery/
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Digital ~ Defuser ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=5406554
Click to expand...
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
so my oldest son was perusing the birdman's website, saw that the pics there were sort of lame, and offered up mine.... not sure if he'll take them but we'll see...
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
Andy, don't you just hate the wait till you get home to see if your shots have come out in focus, no matter what they look like on the LCD screen!

Well done, I bet you had a grin from ear to ear when reviewing these ones on your PC.

Richard_
 
thanks, richard! y'know, i did have a bit of a smile when i opened up these images! and i know exactly what you mean, i've been fooled by the lcd, at 1.5" everthing looks sharply focused! the more i work with the 717 the better i'm getting at it. thanks so much for your kind words.

have an excellent evening!

-- andy
Richard_ said:
Andy, don't you just hate the wait till you get home to see if your
shots have come out in focus, no matter what they look like on the
LCD screen!

Well done, I bet you had a grin from ear to ear when reviewing
these ones on your PC.

Richard_
Click to expand...
--
-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
 
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