Two pix from the Birds of Prey Centre

[Clivegriff]

Here are two pictures from my wife and my visit to the Birds of Prey Centre at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire.

We saw two flying displays and they were awesome.

The pictures were taken with a D70 and Sigma 170-500, aperture priority and ISO 400. Post processing in PSCS2 consisted of crop, levels and sharpening with Fred Miranda's CSPro. The frames were added using PixLabs' PhotoFramer.

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[JAM]

Both shots are excellent, but the one of the eagle is awesome!

 

[PhotoDawg]

Very nice Cliff.........the second shot is my favorite!!

 

[bfjr]

Raptors my favorite birds
these are just fine

 

[mike mac]

Very nice love the shot of the eagle

 

[greyflash]

The eagle looks regal, sort of like a stern parent. Nicely done.

 

[Flew]

Well done Clive. So how do you like the FM CSPro?

 

[andreasb]

Nice looking pictures!


Now the funny thing is that I think (pretty sure) that we have the former guy running the place you went to here in Duncan, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada! He moved here a couple of years ago and open a Birds of Prey center here as well, I saw him and his birds perform a year ago and read in the Pamphlet that he had been working in the UK before!

Ain't it a small world?

 

[drueter]

Nice captures, Clive! That eagle shot is awesome!

 

[Clivegriff]

Both shots are excellent, but the one of the eagle is awesome!

Thanks, John. I appreciate your comments.

 

[Clivegriff]

Very nice Cliff.........the second shot is my favorite!!

Thanks, Brian.

The bird in the second pic - a hybrid of a Gyr and a Lugger falcon - is enjoying his reward for a truly wonderful display of aerobatic hunting.

BTW: Cliff? Cliff? Do I look as though I've got a seagull on my head? LOL.

 

[Clivegriff]

Raptors my favorite birds

Mine too, Ben.

A kestrel, a peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk are occasional visitors to my garden, but their appearances are all too rare - but I suppose the sparrows, tits and pigeons would disagree!

 

[Clivegriff]

Very nice love the shot of the eagle

Thanks, Mike. He is one magnificent bird, isn't he?

 

[Clivegriff]

The eagle looks regal, sort of like a stern parent. Nicely done.

I agree, Gordon.

You can see why a country would want to adopt such an imperious creature as its symbol, can't you?

 

[Clivegriff]

Well done Clive. So how do you like the FM CSPro?

Thanks, Frank.

I like the FM CSPro just fine. It's easy to use - which is important for me!

Some of the tweaks are too subtle for me to ascertain any difference so I stick pretty much to the defaults.

 

[Clivegriff]

Nice looking pictures!

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Ain't it a small world?

Thank, Andreas. Ain't it just?

 

[Clivegriff]

Nice captures, Clive! That eagle shot is awesome!

Thanks, Don.

I appreciate your kind comments.