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There I was, sitting in my hide in my garden with 840 mm of telepower, all set and ready for small garden birds. What do you do when a sparrowhawk lands at 5.5 yards (might have been 5.7 yards ;-) ) from you ? You take a portrait !

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Mario
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Mario said:
There I was, sitting in my hide in my garden with 840 mm of telepower, all set and ready for small garden birds. What do you do when a sparrowhawk lands at 5.5 yards (might have been 5.7 yards ;-) ) from you ? You take a portrait !

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Mario
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Marvellous shot, Mario!
Sparrowhawks are not all that big, so as long as they manage to stay a little further away than minimum focusing distance this seem to be a perfect lens + TC combo to shoot them with. Looking forward to what else you might encounter in that garden hide. Keep 'em coming!
 
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Mario said:
There I was, sitting in my hide in my garden with 840 mm of telepower, all set and ready for small garden birds. What do you do when a sparrowhawk lands at 5.5 yards (might have been 5.7 yards ;-) ) from you ? You take a portrait !

Sperwer_5DIII018185.jpg


Mario
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Lovely!
 
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Boy some lovely shots recently!!

Similar for me, I wasn't expecting this grand daddy to show up and 420 was too much but it does qualify as a portrait. No flash this time. Yes they really are this red and always amazing to watch, especially flying - I'm trying but this is all I have at the moment.
 

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Hi Mario.
It would appear you made the correct choice, that must have been awesome being that close to such a creature.
Very nice shot, if I took that I would probably stop taking pictures knowing I was never going to be able to better that shot! :)

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Graham.


Mario said:
There I was, sitting in my hide in my garden with 840 mm of telepower, all set and ready for small garden birds. What do you do when a sparrowhawk lands at 5.5 yards (might have been 5.7 yards ;-) ) from you ? You take a portrait !

Sperwer_5DIII018185.jpg


Mario
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Thanks to all who commented on my picture :).


Valvebounce said:
Hi Mario.
It would appear you made the correct choice, that must have been awesome being that close to such a creature.
Very nice shot, if I took that I would probably stop taking pictures knowing I was never going to be able to better that shot! :)

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Graham.

Hi Graham,

I must admit that all of a sudden all my previous pictures looked soft compared to this one. The challenge is now to do even better ;).

Cheers,

Mario
 
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Bravo!!!
-r

Mario said:
There I was, sitting in my hide in my garden with 840 mm of telepower, all set and ready for small garden birds. What do you do when a sparrowhawk lands at 5.5 yards (might have been 5.7 yards ;-) ) from you ? You take a portrait !


Mario
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