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I spent 3 hours in this hide and was rewarded with this Hobby on the post in front of me for all of about 15sec! Oxfordshire, UK
Not a great day with the weather, overcast and drizzly, but the plus was it kept the insects low, so the hobbies were feeding over the water.
Scrapbooking européen et photographie cela va de soi!
Deux de mes passions favorites parmi d'autres.
Happy Crazy Tuesday!
Lärkfalk
Säbysjön, Norra Järvafältet.
100% crop. It's a bit noisy since the light was not very good and I pushed the shadows a bit to make the underside of the bird brighter. I didn't use any noise reduction on this one.
This is possibly one of the hardest images I have taken as they are fast and erratic, not easy with a Nikon 600mm F4, from a Public Hide, on a dull day in Suffolk. Very distant and very heavily cropped. After editing the RAW file, the converted JPEG was just 1.1 MB .
Australian Hobby, Falco longipennis
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Got a headsup from David Nice, www.flickr.com/photos/108755156@N05/ about a pair of Hobbys at work near a major shopping centre.
Was in the area to get a coffee, and from a little carpark at the back of the street shops we found this one working off a tree in the front of a house.
This sort of photography comes with all sorts of challenges that have little to do with making the photo.
Stalking a small suburban street with a camera is not seen as a normal Sunday passtime.
Think: Inquistive and hostile passersby, Neighbourhood Watch, and of course the pass by of the Patrol Car.
The first two I treat with indifference boardering on disdain.
The third I treat with respect and answer calmly and informatively.
Then based on advice, I go back to my coffee.
My favourite hobbies (or at least the only one for which I have time at the moment), is reading. Especially Stephen King's novels.
Taken last year from the hide at Wilstone Res, Tring. It seems such a long time ago. We also seemed a little unlucky a that spot last year with numbers. Hopefully they will be plentiful this coming spring.
About the size of a kestrel with long pointed wings, reminiscent of a giant swift. It has a dashing flight and will chase large insects and small birds like swallows and martins. Prey is often caught in its talons and transferred to its beak in flight. Can accelerate rapidly in flight and is capable of high-speed aerial manoeuvres.
Hobbies are listed as a Schedule 1 bird on The Wildlife and Countryside Act. (RSPB)