Falconry 1

[Emile15]

A few days ago I visited a farmer who had made his hobby falconry his main job by flying a variety of largely, but not exclusively, native birds (of prey) for the benefit of photographers. As someone who normally photographs birds in the wild I was a little reluctant, but it turned out to be some of the best 3,5 hours spent photographing a variety of birds flying around very freely. Their only enticement to return to the falconer was the promise of food. Here are some of the results.

Pygmy owl

• Canon - Canon EOS R5
• RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
• 238.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/640 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

Little owl

Turaco

Eurasian hoopoe

See the next entry for more images

 

[Emile15]

Oops, the turaco is of course nothing of the sort (see Falconry 2), this is a bee-eater.

PS. Doesn't this forum allow one to edit one's entries? All I get is the possibility to edit the caption!

 

[DrLex]

Really nice captures. That pygmy owl seems well-camouflaged!

Oops, the turaco is of course nothing of the sort (see Falconry 2), this is a bee-eater.

PS. Doesn't this forum allow one to edit one's entries? All I get is the possibility to edit the caption!

It should be possible to edit the entire post within 10 minutes after publishing it. More info here.
I would keep all images about the same topic in a single thread, it makes it easier for people to see all the images together.

 

[ootanaboot]

Very nice captures, and the colours are great, very natural looking.

 

[Emile15]

Really nice captures. That pygmy owl seems well-camouflaged!


It should be possible to edit the entire post within 10 minutes after publishing it. More info here.
I would keep all images about the same topic in a single thread, it makes it easier for people to see all the images together.

Thank you. I did try to edit within a minute or two after posting but all I got access to was the header. I also tried to put all photos together but was told by the program that there is maximum of five.

 

[DrLex]

Thank you. I did try to edit within a minute or two after posting but all I got access to was the header. I also tried to put all photos together but was told by the program that there is maximum of five.

That's strange, you should be able to edit text (and photos, I think) within 10 minutes. Maybe @dirk can tell us more.
The 5 photo limit is per post, so you should be able to reply to your first post and add 5 more images in each reply. This keeps everything within the same thread.

 

[Barbie Heid]

A few days ago I visited a farmer who had made his hobby falconry his main job by flying a variety of largely, but not exclusively, native birds (of prey) for the benefit of photographers. As someone who normally photographs birds in the wild I was a little reluctant, but it turned out to be some of the best 3,5 hours spent photographing a variety of birds flying around very freely. Their only enticement to return to the falconer was the promise of food. Here are some of the results.
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Pygmy owl
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Little owl

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Turaco

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Eurasian hoopoe

See the next entry for more images

These are astounding!

 

[raythentic]

A few days ago I visited a farmer who had made his hobby falconry his main job by flying a variety of largely, but not exclusively, native birds (of prey) for the benefit of photographers. As someone who normally photographs birds in the wild I was a little reluctant, but it turned out to be some of the best 3,5 hours spent photographing a variety of birds flying around very freely. Their only enticement to return to the falconer was the promise of food. Here are some of the results.

As someone avoiding all kinds of zoo related stuff I do get the reluctance but I also get the appeal, the quality of these pictures is really something.