Swampy
June 30th, 2005, 10:00 PM
So, I'm mounting a bushing on my wimberly outside and I finally get done balancing and everything. So I take the 400mm off the wimberly, turn the hood around and as I'm placing it back into my bag in my trunk, a Hawk swoops right over my head from across the street and he's got a plucked morning dove in it's talons. No sooner than I can say "oh <you know what>" and turn around to put my camera back on the tripod, another hawk swoops down and tries to take the dove from the first one. The first one is chased down to what looks like my backyard! I'm like whoo hooo! I hear them screaching at each other while I run around the side of the house. Man. They were two houses down. :(
Anyway, someone won and ended up back across the street in the tree and Connie and I were rewarded with getting to watch him eat for over an hour. He just sat there for the first 50 or so minutes. Almost done eating and the branch he was on broke off! He dropped what was left and flew down on a swingset in the neighbors yard. He was bummed.
While he was sitting there for 50 minutes, I experimeted with flash with the 400mmx2. Ended up using two 550ex flashes which worked pretty darn well in the shaded trees as well as it being sundown. A flick of a switch on each one and they were sync'ed right up with each other. Pretty cool. Anyway, Gil's shot reminded me of that, so I thought I'd share. Not one of my better hawk shots of late, but it's cool cause he's got meat. :righton:
Anyway, someone won and ended up back across the street in the tree and Connie and I were rewarded with getting to watch him eat for over an hour. He just sat there for the first 50 or so minutes. Almost done eating and the branch he was on broke off! He dropped what was left and flew down on a swingset in the neighbors yard. He was bummed.
While he was sitting there for 50 minutes, I experimeted with flash with the 400mmx2. Ended up using two 550ex flashes which worked pretty darn well in the shaded trees as well as it being sundown. A flick of a switch on each one and they were sync'ed right up with each other. Pretty cool. Anyway, Gil's shot reminded me of that, so I thought I'd share. Not one of my better hawk shots of late, but it's cool cause he's got meat. :righton: