Kestrel...A first for me!

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

Was coming back from Mission Marsh looking for newly arrived fowl-weathered friends and spotted this little guy perched on a pussy willow branch and being buffeted around by the wind. Didn't have time to set up the tripod so shot these braced against my vehicle at 700mm. ( 500 vrII with a 1.4 tc)

Hope they came out ok. I'm just pumped because I've been hoping to see a kestrel for years now:biggrin::biggrin:

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p.s. to those of you who celebrate - Happy Easter from our family to yours.

alexf · Apr 23, 2011

Nice. Never seen one myself.

Mike Delgado · Apr 23, 2011

Nice angle.

photolizard · Apr 23, 2011

Very nice shots.

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

alexf said:
Nice. Never seen one myself.

Thanks very much It's my first time in the wild.

evfast said:
Nice angle.

Thanks very much.

photolizard said:
Very nice shots.

Appreciate it..

troylim · Apr 23, 2011

Bohdan,

Was the car running when you shot this? The vibration may have caused these shots' softness.
They are all soft.

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

troylim said:
Bohdan,

Was the car running when you shot this? The vibration may have caused these shots' softness.
They are all soft.

Yes it was running..that plus the wind blowing things about certainly contributed.

cre8foru · Apr 23, 2011

Great find and photo. They are beautiful birds

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

cre8foru said:
Great find and photo. They are beautiful birds

thanks very much Rich. I was lucky to come around at an opportune time.

troylim · Apr 23, 2011

Bohdan said:
Yes it was running..that plus the wind blowing things about certainly contributed.

Do you have VR on your lens?
Not sure which lens you shot this with. VR will help.

Louis Champan · Apr 23, 2011

Good for you in capturing these images.

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

troylim said:
Do you have VR on your lens?
Not sure which lens you shot this with. VR will help.

Yes i was using the nikon 500 vrII . the vr was set on tripod mode when put into the car to go home.

Bohdan · Apr 23, 2011

Louis Champan said:
Good for you in capturing these images.

Thanks Louis..the excitement was in the find.

Tim O · Apr 24, 2011

Well done Bob! Happy Easter to you and your family.

Bohdan · Apr 24, 2011

Tim O said:
Well done Bob! Happy Easter to you and your family.

thanks Tim...much appreciated.

Baxter · Apr 24, 2011

Beautiful shots Bohdan. The first one is great. Seen them many times but never gotten a shot as good as these because they're always perched so high.

Bohdan · Apr 25, 2011

Baxter said:
Beautiful shots Bohdan. The first one is great. Seen them many times but never gotten a shot as good as these because they're always perched so high.

Thanks very much Baxter. As mentioned before I got lucky with this one as I was driving by.:smile: