A friend sent this to me and I figured you'd all like to see these amazing pictures!
Enjoy,
Tom
bjoyce said
09:07 AM Mar 28, 2009
A friend knows a friend of the photographer, who lives on Lake Tapps south of Seattle, and the guy who took the photos used a long lens and didn't really see the duck until he had the photos on the computer. Amazing.
Ellie Mae said
08:13 PM Mar 28, 2009
Wow, that was really neat and I love the commentary too.
petitetot said
04:24 PM Mar 29, 2009
Super, thank you so much. I, too, enjoyed the commentary.
Terry and Jo said
08:05 AM Apr 11, 2009
Very impressive story and images. Seeing them reminded me of a series of photos taken by a photographer by the name of Stan Bousson that were of two eagles "fighting" in air over a fish.
This individual took the series of 15 photos of the battle in the span of roughly three seconds or less.
Click on each thumbnail to see larger images. There is also a "Slideshow" feature in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
(That camera capability was yet another "spur in my side" to break down and get a camera equally as capable. Thus, I now possess a Nikon D300 with an 18-200mm lens.)
Terry Miller
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 11th of April 2009 08:09:04 AM
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Luvglass said
09:50 AM Apr 11, 2009
Good luck with your great new camera, it's about the perfect "walk around" setup, but I think you'll find that you need a much larger lens, in the 400 - 600mm range to get these birds in the air. These fights often take place quite high up.
A friend sent this to me and I figured you'd all like to see these amazing pictures!
Enjoy,
Tom
This individual took the series of 15 photos of the battle in the span of roughly three seconds or less.
Check out the pictures at this link:
http://www.pbase.com/sjbousson/the_steal
Click on each thumbnail to see larger images. There is also a "Slideshow" feature in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
(That camera capability was yet another "spur in my side" to break down and get a camera equally as capable. Thus, I now possess a Nikon D300 with an 18-200mm lens.)
Terry Miller
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 11th of April 2009 08:09:04 AM
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 11th of April 2009 08:09:56 AM