More Birds of Prey

[Matt K.]

At the "bird of prey" center one has ample opportunity to capture wonderful portraits of these magnificent animals. All the images are taken with the Nikon 300mm f4, @ 640ISO, f5.6, various speeds hand held.

Hawk

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/8727523404_66a8ce93c3_b.jpg

Falcon

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7339/8727523660_8931b20510_b.jpg

And horned Owl

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7364/8727522460_4a85dd8113_b.jpg

and yet a little closer. Did you know that the eyes in the owl are fixed, they cannot move the eyeballs .. that is why they turn their heads so much ....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/8727523032_c877616a2a_h.jpg

[Doug L]

These shots remind me of the old saying, 'Beauty is in the details'. Simply amazing!

[Realist]

All wonderfully sharp and detailed photos. All nice and close, your lens works really nice for these.

[Mike Bons]

I really like the complimentary warm tones and subtleties in the second image and the 3rd image of the owl is cool for its detail.