Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:31:58 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: > It's getting to be nearly tedious, all these excellent bird photos > that you keep posting. thank you Larry. i think... :) > Subash Jeyan wrote on 3/10/19 3:09 AM: > > http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ -- PDML P

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Alan. it is commonly seen flying overhead but this is the first time i am photographing it "perched". On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:50:09 +0200 Alan C wrote: > Excellent captures as usual, Subash. They are rare migrants to SA too > but I have never seen one. > On 10-Mar-19 12:09 PM, Subash Jey

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
i am glad too because you see it more often flying overhead and rarely find it sitting on the ground or perched. about the cropping, that photo was already extremely cropped, i am wary of cropping it further though i was aware thatt the geometry doesn't quite work. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:11:59 -04

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:55:04 + Bob Pdml wrote: > Very nice shot. It looks like a wood pigeon with fascist tendencies. thanks Bob. i had to look up what a wood pigeon looked like. but, what a simile :) > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > wrote: > http://something

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Larry Colen
It's getting to be nearly tedious, all these excellent bird photos that you keep posting. Subash Jeyan wrote on 3/10/19 3:09 AM: the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though we have been sighti

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Bob Pdml
Very nice shot. It looks like a wood pigeon with fascist tendencies. > On 10 Mar 2019, at 12:33, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > thanks Paul. yes, it is a raptor. > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:28:20 -0400 > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Nice pics. A raptor? > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Alan C
Excellent captures as usual, Subash. They are rare migrants to SA too but I have never seen one. Alan C On 10-Mar-19 12:09 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Glad you finally got him :-) great expression on the right.. and good field guide shot on the left.. I'd suggest, though , that since his expression is so strong you crop the photo on the right quite tightly around his face.. since you haven't included his whole body - the geometry there doesn

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
it is a he. the she is more drab-looking. i don't think it hada prey on the ground. because immediately after this was shot it flew off... On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 09:39:18 -0300 Stan Halpin wrote: > Agree with all. The eyes the eyes the eyes! > He/she in the first shot seems to have some prey on t

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Stan Halpin
Agree with all. The eyes the eyes the eyes! He/she in the first shot seems to have some prey on the ground? Nice shots. stan Sent from my iPad > On Mar 10, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > thank you Jack > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:12:29 -0700 > Jack Davis wrote: > >> Nice, Subash

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thanks Paul. yes, it is a raptor. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:28:20 -0400 Paul Stenquist wrote: > Nice pics. A raptor? > >> On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > >> wrote: > >> > >> the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant > >> from europe and central asia. i was lu

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thank you Jack On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 05:12:29 -0700 Jack Davis wrote: > Nice, Subash! > Eye detail makes it. > > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan > > wrote: > > http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ > > > > kp, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm, cropped. -- PDML Pentax-

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pics. A raptor? Paul > On Mar 10, 2019, at 8:12 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Nice, Subash! > Eye detail makes it. > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: >> >> the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from >> europe an

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Jack Davis
Nice, Subash! Eye detail makes it. J Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from > europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today > though we have been sighting intermitt

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
thank you Dan. On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 07:29:17 -0400 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > Nicely done, ispecially the second, where the bird is staring at the > camera, challenging the vieer. > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 6:10 AM Subash Jeyan > wrote: > > > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species,

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nicely done, ispecially the second, where the bird is staring at the camera, challenging the vieer. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 6:10 AM Subash Jeyan wrote: > the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from > europ

PESO: pallid harrier

2019-03-10 Thread Subash Jeyan
the pallid harrier, a near threatened species, is a winter migrant from europe and central asia. i was lucky to get a good photograph today though we have been sighting intermittently over the past few months: http://something-feathered.in/2019/03/10/pallid-harrier/ kp, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500m