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      08-05-2011, 07:59 AM   #3785
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      08-05-2011, 09:21 AM   #3786
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      08-05-2011, 10:04 AM   #3788
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All I ever get to see are Red tails and Kites.
I'll bet there are osprey within 50-miles of you, but I couldn't tell you where. Driving over to Half Moon Bay I saw some likely looking water and trees. The "birders" will generally pen point interesting bird locations on their web sites.

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Up in the Marin headlands at the Golden Gate bridge we have Hawk Hill. They love the updrafts there.

Dave, any idea of who this is? "You are standing on my mouse"
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So I think I will get back to contributing. Tone-mapped water fountain:


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Up in the Marin headlands at the Golden Gate bridge we have Hawk Hill. They love the updrafts there.

Dave, any idea of who this is? "You are standing on my mouse"
I'm guessing Northern Harrier male. If you've got some other shots that show the back, then look for a white "rump" at the base of the tail, for 100% confirmation.

Nice shot. These are hard because of the back light and you typically need +1EV to properly expose the underside. That'll blow out the sky, but you'll have much better feather detail.

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Adrean, that doesn't look like any I've ever seen but I don't get around very much. Nice.

Dave. You are the man!
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so many good photos posted

here's another one from my NYC trip


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don't you live a stone throws away from NYC Tim?
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don't you live a stone throws away from NYC Tim?
If Boston is consider a stone throw away, then yea I do
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Adrean, that doesn't look like any I've ever seen but I don't get around very much. Nice.

Dave. You are the man!
It is an old style water fountain connected to the old water tower in Mannheim, Germany. Still usable and older than any of us
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If Boston is consider a stone throw away, then yea I do
Well, it just seems like you shoot a lot of NYC bridges... so naturally I thought that.
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Dave. You are the man!
We call the male harrier "The Grey Ghost" because they're so hard to find and shoot. I still don't have a good one even though I see female harriers almost every week. Catching them riding wind currents is your best bet, like you did.

Here's one of my best harrier shots, a juvenile hunting in the snow:


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so many good photos posted

here's another one from my NYC trip
Fantastic light and exposure TL.
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You know Dave, it will be your fault if I have to go out and buy a 500.
The background, snow falling and the color of the juvenile are great. You lucked out and had a perfect OOF background. The glint in the eye brings it out from the face.
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Another stellar shot, Dave. I know you mentioned it before, but how did you get the falling snow to show so well?
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You know Dave, it will be your fault if I have to go out and buy a 500.
The background, snow falling and the color of the juvenile are great. You lucked out and had a perfect OOF background. The glint in the eye brings it out from the face.
There are worse things that could happen to you.

If you get one you'll find that great bokeh and OOF BG is easy as pie. That "glint" in the eye is a snowflake.

Mark, I'm using f/4 here for shallow DOF and +2EV because of he snow clouds. The flakes show so well because of the shallow DOF and bokeh behind the in-focus flakes. It was snowing relatively hard, but the flakes are pretty small.
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No, I think it was an EV adjustment. I remember the image where he explained it. It was the one with the hawk (or eagle) flying with snow building up on his nose.

EDIT: Oops, beat me to it. Yep, thought it was an EV bump.
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If you get one you'll find that great bokeh and OOF BG is easy as pie. ....
Yeah, 1D MkIV and a 500. With the MTF chart the way it is on the 500, I bet it is easy. I think the only lens that comes close to it is the 400 2.8

Interesting Josh, I like this exposure although I'd try and remove that red spot on the post. The purple/magenta gel looks good.
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