How did I get so close?

polchraine
Posted 14/02/2010 - 21:19 Link
Using my DA* 50-135 f2.8 at 1.200" and f 5.0

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No processing except conversion to JPG, resized to reduce total pixel count and then allowed PhotoBucket to reduce it even more!
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Hyram
Posted 14/02/2010 - 21:22 Link
A very impressive shot and how did you get so close :
Hyram

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thoughton
Posted 14/02/2010 - 22:16 Link
Nice shot. Did you have a mouse on your left shoulder?
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gregmoll
Posted 15/02/2010 - 00:14 Link
That is a beautiful photo, with such a short lens how did you get so close.

Greg
Greytop
Posted 15/02/2010 - 00:43 Link
Amazing, both the photograph and subject distance, so how did you do it?
Regards Huw

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fatspider
Posted 15/02/2010 - 10:29 Link
Is it a captive bird with the Jesses hidden in the foilage?

Super shot regardless.
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thoughton
Posted 15/02/2010 - 10:36 Link
Is it stuffed?
Tim
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Greytop
Posted 15/02/2010 - 10:43 Link
Sensory challenged?
Regards Huw

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davex
Posted 15/02/2010 - 11:24 Link
Nailed to the branch:
K5 + 8mm-500mm zooms and primes
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polchraine
Posted 15/02/2010 - 11:36 Link
impotentspider wrote:
Is it a captive bird with the Jesses hidden in the foilage?

Super shot regardless.
Not tethered and no Jessies ... if you look closely you can see the left foot and talons.
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
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DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
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A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
polchraine
Posted 15/02/2010 - 11:37 Link
Greytop wrote:
Sensory challenged?
Very aware - but not frightened. A couple of the other images show the head tilting and me being watched.
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
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DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
TOZZA27
Posted 15/02/2010 - 13:45 Link
WOW - now that`s impressive !
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I am now on Flickr which is nice !
Mike-P
Posted 15/02/2010 - 14:06 Link
Frozen in the freezer and then superglued to the branch?

Very nice though.
Greytop
Posted 15/02/2010 - 14:13 Link
Holography....?
Regards Huw

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Edited by Greytop: 15/02/2010 - 14:14
fatspider
Posted 15/02/2010 - 14:24 Link
Quote:
Very aware - but not frightened. A couple of the other images show the head tilting and me being watched
Quite possibly an injured rescue bird that has since been released back into the wild, that could at least explain some of its tolerance towards humans, or maybe he'd just eaten a large meal and was too stuffed to bother flying away
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