xeto2007b4507

[ian_green]

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[ian_green]

Larus argentatus?

[ian_green]

they use IR triggers to shoot 'em

[1_mad_squirrel]

The first photo makes me feel as if I am flying with the bird.

[ian_green]

she's young not older than three-four months
but check how she's checking the strange beneath

[kabuldur]

Is that some sort of hawk?

Fantastic pictures :)

[ian_green]

she's a young larus three-four months old
as far as i could get it - Larus argentatus
for me the trick was to capture her with manual focus long lens
anyway the quality is crappy

[kabuldur]

OK. We don't get this sort of bird here.

Don't be hard on yourself; taking photos of moving wildlife is hard!

And, speaking for myself, what I really need is a good (ie expensive) telephoto lens :)

And I guess, a fast shutter speed :)

I still ove your photos, especially the first one. It's the content that counts.

[ian_green]

i'm learning slowly and take each new thing at a time to get the feel and decide on need of it and use cheap substitutes at possible occasions
500mm is useful not only for wildlife but some landscape work too
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4750/xeto2007b0629hl0.jpg
what matters to me is the efficiency and rate of usage
as being still compact and light the lens uses space in a backpack but used not that often

[brotherskeeper1]

Birds in flight are so graceful. These are great with the wing span so clearly defined.

[ian_green]

them seabirds know how to live above the sea

[brotherskeeper1]

Do you have eagles or bald eagles in Russia? I have only seen eagles twice in my life. A little over an hour north of here, the eagles come to nest and raise their young high on a cliff above the Mississippi River. They fly over the river and watch for fish. Then the eagle dives down and hooks the fish in his talons and flys away to eat his fish.

Sea gulls are beautiful, especially to see them flying when the sun is setting.

[ian_green]

yes sure we have eagles around here
of all kinds and sizes
i am not sure about bald ones though

the fish hunting you describe is best done by ospreys
http://ig.neverfind.org/photo/xeto2006b/xeto2006b2011.jpg
they live sucluded but always hunt on water
boom like a gun then hitting water