I got all worked up about those damn redtails and went hunting for a decent photo of one I might have taken. Just to redeem myself and be able to sleep:
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00T/00TeSG-144095584.jpg We should meet up some day for a photowalk, Dave. When are you meeting up with that Flickr group you hang out with? Can I tag along? --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 2 September 2010 21:08, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30 August 2010 20:55, David Parsons <parsons.da...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My very first Red Tailed Hawk shots. They aren't the sharpest, and a >> little blurry, but I was working quickly to get some shots before he >> decided to fly off (and he flew off right after the second picture. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/4942134355/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/4942723408/ > > Looks fine to me, Dave! Those Boston redtails are pretty tame; I once > came upon one that had landed on a traffic light and I was able to > photograph it for 15 minutes, until I got bored and walked off (I was > on my way to work, after all). Sadly, it was an overcast day so the > photos are of a hawk looking bored on a traffic light with a white sky > in the background. I would've killed for it to be on a tree! :-) > > I was once walking through Harvard Yard and there was a hawk on the > ground in a standoff with a squirrel...and I didn't have a camera. > > Then there was the time a hawk had an injured squirrel at its mercy > and I only had my crappy BlackBerry camera... > > http://enticingthelight.com/2009/06/24/bird-photography-with-a-camera-phone/ > > I think redtail hawks are just big photographer teasers. > > > --M. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
