Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shot! From the size of his pupils, you probably temporarily blinded him with the flash. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:27 PM Subject: [Leica] Raptor day today > After Ken's picture today, I was amazed to look out through my kitchen > window this evening in twilight's gathering gloom and see this. We had a > fire on Bray Head tonight which burned some of the dry gorse and I had put > my head against the window when I spotted a movement in the near dark. At > present, a thousand starlings nest each night in a tall tree in my garden. > It's a wonderful sight as they wheel and whirl acrobatically around the > tree before they settle down for the night. Tonight, it seems there was > one less. > > Turning out the lights I called the family who were suitably blown away by > the sight. My youngest said get a photo and I thought the light was so bad > that it would be crap. But I grabbed the Nikon D200, flashgun, and sneaked > out to watch the hawk - female sparrowhawk, I think - dine al fresco in > the very dark twilight. I wormed my way along the house terrified I'd > scare it away and when I got close enough started to shoot with the flash. > Amazingly, it ignored the flash and clunk of the camera, before eventually > getting spooked when I coughed. It flew off with its prey into a nearby > tree and continued its meal. This was taken from about 15 feet away. My > son speculated that the fire on Bray head tonight may have driven it to > pastures new. Guess there won't be starlings on my tree no more... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bray+Town/hawk1.jpg.html > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >