[joe_elway]

February 11, 2015 at 7:02 pm

Where do I find one? Damn, that’s an impressive looking bird. You can see there’s a big crest there and it’d be impressive when alarmed.

[joe_elway]

February 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm

Very tricky to get near. In my experience they don’t even like new things in their territory, like a hide. Good work.

[joe_elway]

February 11, 2015 at 6:58 pm

That long-tailed tit is nearly perfect. Love the dark OOF background and the light in the eye. Pity the tail is slightly clipped, but that’s just a smidge off perfect :) The background on the robin shots is a bit highlighted for my (current) tastes, but that’s a personal taste thing. Nice and sharp.

[joe_elway]

February 11, 2015 at 6:56 pm

Excellent. Love the background: dark and out of focus, letting the subject …. sing :)

[joe_elway]

August 28, 2014 at 4:52 pm

It is indeed. I was surprised that we weren’t using flash; the female at this site brings the kits out to the garden in daylight for a few weeks in the summer.

[joe_elway]

August 14, 2014 at 10:32 am

Nice opportunity to see such a wild bird up close! Those smashing talons give away her role in nature.

Damn, had the same happen to me several years ago. I was driving across the Curragh, talking to Barker’s on hands free about buying a printer when I saw a kestrel (also a female) perched on the fence on the Kildare side of the racetrack. I nearly pulled a hand brake turn to get off the road. I walked up quite close to her with no issues with no camera of any worth on me. I raced to the house & back but she was gone.

[joe_elway]

August 11, 2014 at 12:17 pm

No flash, just natural light. It was at a location in the Scottish highlands where a cooperative female brings her kits into the garden during the morning and evening when there is some light. All you need are some props and some bait.

[joe_elway]

August 5, 2014 at 9:41 am

Absolutely a great experience. Imaging a pack of wild wolves wolves howling at 1am just a few hundred yards from you. THAT is a memory to save!

[joe_elway]

July 30, 2014 at 1:36 pm

Yeah, we were in a wooden hide for bear/wolf photography. The wolves are quite suspecting, and never really came closer than maybe 50 metres. Bears … as long as they didn’t notice lenses being moved, would come as close as a few feet!!!

[joe_elway]

July 30, 2014 at 11:38 am

Awesome! Nice work with the lighting too. Looks very natural.

[joe_elway]

July 30, 2014 at 11:36 am

Super. The low light sure makes a difference :)

[joe_elway]

October 15, 2013 at 6:47 pm

Cracking picture. Pleasing composition, super colour.

[joe_elway]

October 8, 2013 at 6:55 pm

Thanks folks!

[joe_elway]

September 19, 2013 at 5:47 pm

Wonderful animals and photos to justify them.

[joe_elway]

September 19, 2013 at 5:41 pm

Sweet! Thanks folks.