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Quality wise not so good, because I had to shoot through our +30 year old (wavy) two glass windows - but I was stressed to get any pictures at all

Cropped (had my 100-200 F/4.5 on, maybe 300mm would have been better), sharpened and some curves applied, then resized.


Predator by Thorstensson, on Flickr

Thank you for looking

/Zeb!

Hi Zeb, a nice capture of an unusual occurence. The colours and detail on the magpie look good to me. Was it a young rat or a mouse do you think (I'm guessing mouse) ?

This picture ties in nicely with a recent picture that Greg took featuring an Australian Magpie, see the Weather Today In Your Vacinity thread here http://www.photoclubalpha.com/forum/vie ... &start=840. What is the Swedish folklore view on Magpies?

Greg - you had better "doff your cap" at this one, best not to take any chances

That's a nice one (picture wise). It;s quite rare to see a magpie catching a prey and staying put on the ground.

Hmm 'your' Magpie looks sortof Pheasanty in style with that long tail and the colours, quite a difference too our Magpie for sure. Great capture of the moment Zeb, with the limitations imposed by the obstacles as well.
Greg

ps. Unfortunately I wasn't wearing a hat when I saw the photo Birma, luckily the Magpie won't know.

Congratulations Sebastian!

Amazing that the mouse is still intact and the details are are wonderful. Never saw this type of scene except for an attack of a crow on a baby seagull.
The magpie definitely has some wonderful colours!

Thanks for sending.

Yildiz