Morro Bay Peregrine Falcons in flight
Jun 1, 2021 13:03:08 #
Jun 1, 2021 13:17:08 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Hereford wrote:
Nice captures of tense decision moments.
Hi Hereford
Thanks for viewing the peregrine falcons and for the comment.
Jun 1, 2021 15:47:02 #
I am not impressed.
I am actually OVERLY IMPRESSED !!!
What lens was used?
I lived in Grass Valley for over 30 years. Yes, I miss it!
I am actually OVERLY IMPRESSED !!!
What lens was used?
I lived in Grass Valley for over 30 years. Yes, I miss it!
Jun 1, 2021 17:04:01 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
fhayes wrote:
I am not impressed.
I am actually OVERLY IMPRESSED !!!
What lens was used?
I lived in Grass Valley for over 30 years. Yes, I miss it!
I am actually OVERLY IMPRESSED !!!
What lens was used?
I lived in Grass Valley for over 30 years. Yes, I miss it!
Hi fhayes
Thanks for checking out the peregrine shots and for the comment. For these shots I was using a canon 500mm F4.0 IS USM lens with a 2X teleconverter to get 1000mm focal length. In several of the shots I still needed to crop the image to bring the birds in closer. The 2X does degrade the image a small amount but not very noticeably. The tricky part with this combination is getting focus correct and not giggling the camera when taking the shot since the depth of field is fairly small. Also at a 1000mm focal length atmospheric turbulence starts to become more of a factor depending on the day. The 500mm is a excellent lens which produces a really clean image (see the following link to see an example, this shot is from another group from Morro Bay that I just posted earlier today).
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2021/6/1/466296-seqgull_in_repose.jpg
Jun 1, 2021 17:27:32 #
Ballard wrote:
Hi fhayes br Thanks for checking out the peregrine... (show quote)
I'm even more impressed! With 1000mm I didn't expect that high of quality considering the distance from you to the birds eve without the crop. The feathers for one example, I can almost touch them!
You are one excellent photographer!
Jun 1, 2021 17:59:52 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
fhayes wrote:
I'm even more impressed! With 1000mm I didn't expect that high of quality considering the distance from you to the birds eve without the crop. The feathers for one example, I can almost touch them!
You are one excellent photographer!
You are one excellent photographer!
Hi fhayes
Thanks for the complement. I find if I take enough shots I get a few good ones.
Jun 2, 2021 19:20:03 #
Ballard wrote:
While at Morro Bay last week I was able to get a n... (show quote)
Wonderful series! Thanx for sharing!
Jun 3, 2021 02:22:26 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Sinewsworn wrote:
Wonderful series! Thanx for sharing!
Hi Sinewsworn
Thanks for checking out the photos of peregrine falcons in flight and for the comment.
Jun 3, 2021 13:32:24 #
Great falcon shots! If you have shots of the adults and can read any of the band number/letters I encourage you to submit them to the bird banding laboratory at www.reportband.gov.
Jun 3, 2021 14:08:38 #
Jun 3, 2021 14:10:33 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
birdpix wrote:
Great falcon shots! If you have shots of the adults and can read any of the band number/letters I encourage you to submit them to the bird banding laboratory at www.reportband.gov.
Hi birdpix
Thanks for checking out the falcon images and for the comment. Even though you can see bands on the adults they where to far away to read the bands even with 1000mm focal length.
Jun 3, 2021 16:08:11 #
The band on the right leg is the federal band and is virtually unreadable unless the bird is in hand. The left leg band is the local bander’s ID and should be readable as the letters and or numbers are large and are repeated around the band. The bands are also two colors and are reported, for example 40AC, black over green.
Jun 3, 2021 16:34:17 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
birdpix wrote:
The band on the right leg is the federal band and is virtually unreadable unless the bird is in hand. The left leg band is the local bander’s ID and should be readable as the letters and or numbers are large and are repeated around the band. The bands are also two colors and are reported, for example 40AC, black over green.
Hi birdpix
Thanks for the info. There are a couple of shots in this set and the one on peregrines feeding where you can see that the mama peregrine has been tagged but I couldn't make out more than that.
Jun 13, 2021 08:40:17 #
Jun 13, 2021 14:47:51 #
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