Title: Red Kites Post by: JohnC on October 30, 2008, 10:48:40 pm Red Kites at the Gigrin Farm Feeding Station. http://www.aghphotography.co.uk/news8136.html
(http://i33.tinypic.com/2598wed.jpg) (http://i35.tinypic.com/2j2z59x.jpg) (http://i34.tinypic.com/ebeucg.jpg) (http://i34.tinypic.com/2vvtd3q.jpg) Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: John9929 on October 30, 2008, 11:22:35 pm Great images John! Look at the eye on that boy/girl, sure would'nt like to be a vole in the sights :(
Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: martinastro on October 30, 2008, 11:37:43 pm Those are fantastic John!!. It must take a great deal of skill, patience, and experience, to get images of an unpredictable moving subject like that. Beautiful captures of a beautiful raptor. I also enjoyed the images and report on the link. That's a very refreshing and pleasing website to view. Keep us posted on any other wildlife photography you do. :)
Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: Paul on October 30, 2008, 11:53:16 pm Awesome shots John, that's excellent work keeping them sharp while moving.
Paul. Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: jgs001 on October 31, 2008, 12:04:49 am Excellent set of shots, especially tracking them like that
Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: jjb on October 31, 2008, 12:10:19 am Great shots john of a beautiful bird i love to see these flying in the country side.
jonathan. Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: JohnC on October 31, 2008, 12:03:39 pm Many thanks. They are fantastic to watch. I believe they are better to look at around this time of the year when the 'battles of mating' have healed, many had pieces of wing missing.
John. Ref. the vole. I learned something very interesting recently. Voles and the like don't stop and have a pee and then move on. They dribble a trail, constantly, and the eye of the raptors see the ultra-violet tell tale trail and that's how they home in on the unsuspecting creature. Basically, their pee 'glows' Nature really is amazing. Title: Re: Red Kites Post by: John9929 on October 31, 2008, 02:35:44 pm JohnC - you're a mine of information. I've been watching nature one type or another for donkeys and I never knew that, fascintaing. As you say, nature really is amazing, thanks for sharing that! |