Birds of prey part II

doenoe · Dec 10, 2007

And here is the rest of the batch:
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

There are more pics to be seen on www.daanschouwe.nl
Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

lostprophet · Dec 10, 2007

#7 :hail:

Robstar1619 · Dec 10, 2007

:hail:..i dont know why i even bother to show my pics on this site after seeing all these great pics from you guys:blushing:

JDS · Dec 10, 2007

Wow..these are awesome. Can I ask what lens you used for these? How close up were you able to get?

N'Kolor · Dec 10, 2007

The eyes on the birds of both threads are amazing! Do you do anything in post to the eyes? If not, what lens do you use?

TLI · Dec 10, 2007

great shots....but i still dont see the point in talking pictures of captured animals. all the fun..and skill in my opinion, is finding and shooting them in the wild, and identifying them as well. just my thoughts

The_Caper · Dec 10, 2007

Another good series. Great job. I would also like to pose the question already asked, what lens did you use for these two threads?

memento · Dec 10, 2007

The last one's my favorite. That'd make a neat avatar.

Arch · Dec 10, 2007

excellent well done daan :thumbup:

Dynamic · Dec 10, 2007

Very nice pictures! Gotta love the crispness!

great shots....but i still dont see the point in talking pictures of captured animals. all the fun..and skill in my opinion, is finding and shooting them in the wild, and identifying them as well. just my thoughts

You make a very interesting point. Although I agree with you (that it is tougher to shoot the same birds in the wild), I still think that pictures like this bring exposure to birds that you normally don't see too often. In my opinion, they can be viewed as both artistic and educational.
Anyways, great work!

kundalini · Dec 10, 2007

I really like this series. Yes, #7 is a hands down winner for me as well, but I love the pattern on #5.

I don't mean to poke fun at any of your photos, but #3 cracks me up. The leather strapping is falling just right to look like little legs at first glance.

Becky · Dec 10, 2007

#7 also, excellent!

AIRIC · Dec 10, 2007

Excellent as always. Well done.

Eric

Chiller · Dec 11, 2007

:thumbup::thumbup: Whoa...another stunning series. Well done Daan.

doenoe · Dec 11, 2007

#7 :hail:

Thanks

..i dont know why i even bother to show my pics on this site after seeing all these great pics from you guys

Thank you and you really should bother. Best way to learn. My first birds of prey pics were are disaster, but you get better with the practice

Wow..these are awesome. Can I ask what lens you used for these? How close up were you able to get?

Cheers and these were shot with a Sigma 70-300 4.0-5.6 APO. I was about 4 meters away for most of the shots.

The eyes on the birds of both threads are amazing! Do you do anything in post to the eyes? If not, what lens do you use?

Thanks. I didnt do anything special on the eyes. Just sharpening, levels, brightness/contrast, saturation and NeatImage. Thats done on the whole photo, not on the eyes only.

great shots....but i still dont see the point in talking pictures of captured animals. all the fun..and skill in my opinion, is finding and shooting them in the wild, and identifying them as well. just my thoughts

Thanks. First off, im sitting there anyways, so why not take pics while doing that. And you still need some skill to take the flying pics

But indeed, the fact that you dont have to go out and find them, makes it all alot easier. But i just dont have the funds to go to america and shoot an Harris Hawk, or to somewhere cold to shoot an Snowy owl :mrgreen:

Another good series. Great job. I would also like to pose the question already asked, what lens did you use for these two threads?

Thank you, i used the lens that i allready mentioned for the photo's in both threads.

Very nice pictures! Gotta love the crispness!

Thank you

I really like this series. Yes, #7 is a hands down winner for me as well, but I love the pattern on #5.

I don't mean to poke fun at any of your photos, but #3 cracks me up. The leather strapping is falling just right to look like little legs at first glance.

Thanks for the comment

Would be pretty sh!tty if he would have legs like that. Mice would be laughing at him.