Readers' Birds....Warning - NOT A LOT OF PICS

[awol]

Readers\' Birds....Warning - NOT A LOT OF PICS

Apologies for using an apostrophe

 

[photodog]

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I was gonna suggest that this could be another sticky.....

 

[Sgeir]

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Ah, but it's used correctly.......

 

[photodog]

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[Malcb]

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Watching me watching you.

 

[pteron]

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[Sgeir]

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Outstanding pic!

 

[LadyInBed]

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Agreed - fantastic!

 

[pteron]

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Thanks!

 

[Alistairr]

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Indeed, Outstanding pic.

I think i know the answer to this, but is that for real?
Whats the story behind it?

Cheers

Al.

 

[gandy]

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[webcraft]

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<span style="color:white"> ................................................ </span> Percy the Passenger Pigeon hitching a ride from the Canaries to Madeira

- W

 

[pteron]

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[ QUOTE ]
Indeed, Outstanding pic.

I think i know the answer to this, but is that for real?
Whats the story behind it?


[/ QUOTE ]

Yep absolutely real. Only manipulation is sharpening for the reduced size.

I'd just bought a rather nice new lens and flashgun. Went out to the pier at Santa Cruz. The pelican was sitting on a post. Ooh lovely, I'll take a pic says I. The pre-focusing flashes startled him, he launched off and I panned with him and got this one. The effect is due to the camera being in aperture priority mode. It takes a pic but tries to expose it correctly, and fires the flash for the foreground, so the picture ends up with a frozen image due to the flash and a blurred one due to the long exposure.

Thanks for the interest!

 

[snooks]

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This one landed on the spray hood, went to sleep, woke up, had a poo and flew off!

This one stayed on the boat from Mid Channel to Gosport, surely that's outside assistance?

Must have been some cross channel pigeon racing going on as 3 or 4 other boats reported passengers

 

[Alistairr]

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A fantastic result, you must have been happy with your new lense and flash instantly.

That pic would win prizes.

Many thanks.

Al.

 

[Lakesailor]

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I like my birds a bit mucky

Mind you I rather like pteron's piccy better.

 

[alahol2]

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I've got lots of birds who follow me... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jenku]

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[meandraft]

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[Koeketiene]

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