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Rare Raptors

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:39 pm
by bonneville
I have just had a fantastic Sunday with Chris Weston (photo journalist and author of 20 odd photography books) on one of his fabulous workshops at the English School of Falconry in Bedfordshire.

Here are a few straight out of the Alpha 700 mit 70-200 f2.8 SSM:

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Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:42 pm
by bonneville
And here are a few more in landscape:

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Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:44 pm
by gio67
wow, theyre crackers
how much was the course

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:54 pm
by bonneville
gio67 wrote:wow, theyre crackers
how much was the course
Thanks for the comment.

How much? Lets say excellent value for money. But you can decide by visiting here

Check out the Rare Raptors link under the Workshops tab

Brian

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:36 pm
by Dr. Harout
Brian, I see what you mean by saying "fantastic". Superb shots. :D

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:31 am
by Javelin
Very nice. Sony here is offering a trip to a bird of prey sanctuary for a photo op. they are selling access to the session on their site but the checkout isn't working properly. So I ddn't bother with it. now I really want to go :)

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:49 pm
by Greg Beetham
Nice going Brian, sharp photos, birds of prey make great subjects,
I was wondering..that English School of Falconry, is that a separate organization that anyone can visit, or is it owned by Chris Weston, and part of a photography workshop/course on occasion. If it was open too the public it would make a great photographic venu for locals there.
Greg

ps. That last one looks like an eagle...wonder which one it is.

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:48 pm
by bonneville
Greg Beetham wrote:Nice going Brian, sharp photos
Thanks Greg
Greg Beetham wrote:I was wondering..that English School of Falconry, is that a separate organization that anyone can visit, or is it owned by Chris Weston, and part of a photography workshop/course on occasion. If it was open too the public it would make a great photographic venu for locals there.
Nothing to do with Chris, in fact he runs workshops all over the world, but he is obviously very well known there. If you click on my blog link my latest entry tells all and I have included a link to the School website at the end of the blog.
Indeed I went back there today and adopted a one week old baby Tawny Owl (called Beans) for my wife's big 50th later this month.

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I only had my mobile phone with me hence the dreadful quality but you have to say ahhhhhhh!

Oh, and the last photo is of an eagle. It was, believe it or not, a baby bald eagle and Sunday was his first day in front of the camera.

Brian

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:28 pm
by bossel
Great catches!!!

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 10:10 pm
by kingfisher
very nice brian

good colours , and sharpness

great picture`s

geetings
gustav

Re: Rare Raptors

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:15 am
by aster
Hi bonneville,

Beautiful and intriguing. I enjoyed each photo; good colours and lovely feather details. The baby owl looks very 'ahhhhhhh-cuddly' too! :D

Congratulations to your wife.

Yildiz