uncle aj
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Marsh harrierThis morning I was in Bahrain with a friend photographing birds. We watched in awe as a marsh harrier swept down and grabbed a dove for lunch. He flew off into a nearby field to have his meal and we managed to get a few pictures before he flew off again. When he eventually stopped we managed to get quite close again and get a few more pictures.
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Tools
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Good looking bird... (great photos too)
That beak could do some serious damage..
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uncle aj
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| Tools wrote: | That beak could do some serious damage..
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The dove certainly thought so. :lol:
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steve
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How close did you actually get adrian, or are those cropped images.
Got a couple of kestrals at the back of us which are on my happy snapper list when my lens comes not sure I'd get close enough though
nice shots
steve
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uncle aj
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I'd estimate the closest I got would be 50 yards although some of the flight shots were closer. The images are cropped as I was using a 500mm lens which was not quite long enough for the job. 
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steve
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Your/that lens doesn't have VR does it? so guess you used a tripod or do you always use one when on a mission, where you pleased with your Nikon VR on longrange zoom shots, don't suppose you ever tried the VR lens on a panning bird in flight shot
Thanks [ sorry for the Qs]
steve
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uncle aj
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| steve wrote: | Your/that lens doesn't have VR does it? so guess you used a tripod or do you always use one when on a mission, where you pleased with your Nikon VR on longrange zoom shots, don't suppose you ever tried the VR lens on a panning bird in flight shot
Thanks [ sorry for the Qs]
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Most of my shots are without a tripod, I don't own one. I do have a monopod but I don't use that as much as I should. The 500mm lens does not have VR but by resting it on a hide opening, I've taken very sharp pictures at 1/50th sec. The 300mm VR I have used a lot for flight shots and it's done the job magnificently. Usually I have a X2 converter fitted to the 300mm and even in this guise I can take reasonable shots without a tripod.
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