Common Kestrel (1 Viewer)

nigelblake

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• Jan 25, 2003

• #1

Hi to you all

Yesterday and today I have been out after Short-eared Owls, the star bird though was this Kestrel which seemed to like hovering near cars, Lens out of sunroof and bingo!, lots of very nice images.

Nigel

 

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Cindy M

Guest

• Jan 25, 2003

• #2

what a great image Nigel. No bird hovers better than these guys and you captured him well. Good job & good luck with the s.e. owls.

 

Johnny1

Well-known member

• Jan 25, 2003

• #3

Amazing shot Nigel...what more can I say.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Jan 25, 2003

• #4

Nice aerial shot, the tail is surprisingly huge when it hovers.

 

Reader

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #5

The standard is upheld. Long live the king of photography.

 

BirdWatcher

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #6

Oh, lovely shot, that, Nigel!

BirdWatcher

 

dylan

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #7

Very well shot Nigel! What sort of lens was you using?

Did you find any Short Eared Owls?

 

nigelblake

don't re member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #8

Thanks to you all, it was taken with the trusty old D60 and 600mm IS lens, and yes the SEO's did show well too.

Many Thanks again

Nigel

 

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Gaye Horn

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• Jan 26, 2003

• #9

Nigel that is spectacular.. and now what settings were you using please? I need to pick your brains for these types of shots with the settings.. I do hope that you are not miffed at my asking.
This is really really good.

 

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bcurrie

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #10

Beautiful capture, Nigel.

 

IanF

Moderator

• Jan 26, 2003

• #11

Another stunning shot Nigel, wonderful capture :t:

 

nigelblake

don't re member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #12

exposure was 1/250 at f11 gain at 100asa

 

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peter hayes

Guest

• Jan 26, 2003

• #13

Nigel, you have done it yet again. Give the rest of us some hope: how many shots do you normally take before you get a cracker like this?

Anyway, thanks a lot for posting your pix - they give the rest of us a standard to aim at.

 

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Vogelman

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #14

Very impressive pic of this Kestrel, especially considering you were handholding your 600MM out your sunroof!!

Vogelman

 

steve_nova

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #15

That is a shot that absolutely anyone would be proud of.

 

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bluebwatchNC

Member

• Jan 26, 2003

• #16

Wow,exceptional picture !!!!! I love to see wing shots.

 

paula

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• Jan 27, 2003

• #17

What can I say that has not been said before.........Stunning, as usual!

 

Paul 42

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• Jan 27, 2003

• #18

What a corker, Nigel!!!! Must be one of my all-time favourite birds. they are as commun as muck round here, but I can still watch them for hours!!! Here in France we call them " le saint esprit", the"holy spirit, for obvious reasons. I'm off to my local park right now to see if "my" Kestrels are about. Thats at least one birder you've got out of the house today!!!!!

 

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jayhunter

Well-known member

• Mar 5, 2003

• #19

A really terrific shot Nigel, was the sky really that blue in the Uk in January?

 

LuBird

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• Mar 5, 2003

• #20

Beautiful,beautiful photo.It is very pleasurable to see your photos.