Since there were a few of you who like bird photos and said I could keep posting them, I figured this time, I'd go with a theme of raptors! ; Always a favorite category of bird for me - so mean and athletic looking, and intense - especially in flight. ; So here are some favorite raptor captures over the winter/spring birding season (all shots w/A580 DSLR and 300mm F4 APO lens w/1.4x TC):
Osprey looking for prey:
A rare visit by a merlin...not often seen around here:
Another osprey...this one quite close to the camera:
This osprey has a fish:
Osprey making a turn:
Sneaky close-up view of a red-shouldered hawk trying to hide deep in the branches:
Another red-shouldered hawk sitting on a tree stump in light rain:
Red-shouldered hawk, going up:
And that's where he was going:
Female northern harrier watching from the dense tree cover:
Red-shouldered hawk fly-by:
The wee little kestrel, one of the prettier hawks and smaller too:
And I've even done a couple of raptor captures with the NEX-5N while out and about - sometimes with the right lens, sometimes with the wrong one!
This red-shouldered juvenile I caught with the 55-210mm lens and 1.7x teleextender:
And this one was definitely unexpected and caught me with the wrong lens! ; Walking to the Swan bus stop from my Boardwalk villa this past February, I had my NEX-5N with me and the Konica 40mm F1.8 mounted when I suddenly noticed a large raptor swooping down over the water - I realized I was seeing a bird I rarely ever see - an adult bald eagle - and had to get a shot of it. ; 40mm manually focused on a flying bird might be the worst possible lens scenario you could ask for, but at least I could document that a bald eagle was spotted there:
Comments, questions, critique welcome.
Osprey looking for prey:
A rare visit by a merlin...not often seen around here:
Another osprey...this one quite close to the camera:
This osprey has a fish:
Osprey making a turn:
Sneaky close-up view of a red-shouldered hawk trying to hide deep in the branches:
Another red-shouldered hawk sitting on a tree stump in light rain:
Red-shouldered hawk, going up:
And that's where he was going:
Female northern harrier watching from the dense tree cover:
Red-shouldered hawk fly-by:
The wee little kestrel, one of the prettier hawks and smaller too:
And I've even done a couple of raptor captures with the NEX-5N while out and about - sometimes with the right lens, sometimes with the wrong one!
This red-shouldered juvenile I caught with the 55-210mm lens and 1.7x teleextender:
And this one was definitely unexpected and caught me with the wrong lens! ; Walking to the Swan bus stop from my Boardwalk villa this past February, I had my NEX-5N with me and the Konica 40mm F1.8 mounted when I suddenly noticed a large raptor swooping down over the water - I realized I was seeing a bird I rarely ever see - an adult bald eagle - and had to get a shot of it. ; 40mm manually focused on a flying bird might be the worst possible lens scenario you could ask for, but at least I could document that a bald eagle was spotted there:
Comments, questions, critique welcome.
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