It'll never catch on...

Well captured, that's nature for you red in tooth and claw, I would love to get a shot like this myself.

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Regards John/Jumbo

Fantastic, well captured

Clare

Well done, Karlo!
It is fantastic to see it happen in your back garden, isn't it?

Roger.

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The more I look, the more there is to see!

Brilliant

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Thanks very much for the very positive comments. I was just very lucky to be in the right place...and even more fortunate that only a fortnight ago I got the 70-300 lens. I know that the images are still a bit small and technically not great but hopefully the content makes up for it, to a large degree.

It was a very surreal experience though to see nature, as John put it, "red in tooth and claw", right here in my own back garden. I felt very privileged also, I'm just so pleased I had my camera near at hand although the minute it took to get it and the lens, were nail biting...would the birds still be there when I got back? Pictures had to be taken through a not exactly spotless window!

I'll post another two or three during the rest of this week.

thanks for looking,

karlo

The only time a sparrowhawk has done that in my back garden I was eating dinner! Lovely!

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Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
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Thanks Paul. I'll be keeping a definite look out as another pigeon was found decapitated and partially plucked in our garden this morning
(2 DEC). There's a killer on the loose!