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This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other day
she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us get up
close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an hour for
her photo shoot.

Mark

Osprey - Bird Photo
 

"MWB" schreef in bericht
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This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other
day she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us
get up close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an
hour for her photo shoot.

Mark




Nice catch!

RtW

Osprey - Bird Photo
 

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:48:31 -0400, "MWB" wrote:

This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other day
she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us get up
close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an hour for
her photo shoot.

Mark

WOW - how lucky you are !

We live by a lake in Canada and have an Osprey that fishes off a dead
branch high up in an old ash - truly amazing to watch - over the years
we've taken many photos of him, but nothing as close as yours - the
hubby will be jealous when I show him this.. :))

Thanks for sharing it, Mark...

seph

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On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:48:31 -0400, "MWB" wrote:

This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other day
she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us get up
close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an hour for
her photo shoot.

Mark

Wonderful. I took the main part and made a save of it. I hope you
don't mind my posting my crop. I sharpened it a bit all with
irfanview. Nothing fancy but wondered if you thought it ok.
Nice bird and great shot.

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"joevan" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:48:31 -0400, "MWB" wrote:

This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other
day
she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us get
up
close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an hour for
her photo shoot.

Mark

Wonderful. I took the main part and made a save of it. I hope you
don't mind my posting my crop. I sharpened it a bit all with
irfanview. Nothing fancy but wondered if you thought it ok.
Nice bird and great shot.

Not at all. I'm thrilled everyone likes this shot.


Mark

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"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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"Bouler" wrote in message
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"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)


It is an Osprey.

Mark

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MWB wrote:
"Bouler" wrote in message
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"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)


It is an Osprey.

Mark



You are very, very lucky

Last weekend I watched as two ospreys tried to scoop fish from the south
marsh at Iona Beach. My camera was simply inadequate to the task of
capturing the image, and the guys all around me were getting antsy too -
and they had 600mm lens, tripods and way more expenmsive cameras. In
fact I ended up taking pictures of them!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/529164697/

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"Stephen Rees" wrote in message
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MWB wrote:
"Bouler" wrote in message
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"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)


It is an Osprey.

Mark

You are very, very lucky

Last weekend I watched as two ospreys tried to scoop fish from the south
marsh at Iona Beach. My camera was simply inadequate to the task of
capturing the image, and the guys all around me were getting antsy too -
and they had 600mm lens, tripods and way more expenmsive cameras. In fact
I ended up taking pictures of them!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/529164697/

I was 5 feet from her. I can't believe my luck.


Mark

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Absolutely incredible, Mark. One of my photographic passions is bird
photography and you have been truly touched by the gods on this one.
They are normally such shy creatures - except for chickadees which have
very nearly landed on me in their impatience to get to a recently
refilled feeder.

Osprey - Bird Photo
 

"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?

It is an Osprey.

Thanks, this time I needed my dictionnary and the Dutch word is "visarend"
If I translate that it would be a "fisheagle" ;-)
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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"Sj" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?

Bouler, I'll post a few scans, both photos &
art, of this bird to a.b.pictures.misc for you ...

They're amazing ...

Thank you, I now know the Dutch translation.
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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"Tony Nazar" wrote in message
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"MWB" wrote:

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Absolutely incredible, Mark. One of my photographic passions is bird
photography and you have been truly touched by the gods on this one.
They are normally such shy creatures - except for chickadees which have
very nearly landed on me in their impatience to get to a recently
refilled feeder.

Thanks Tony,


The dock at Southern Maine Community College is a great place to take
photos. There's a Osprey nest about 50 feet from it and I've seen the
mother in the nest.


Mark

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Amazing photo Mark.

Randy

"MWB" wrote in message
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This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other
day she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us
get up close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an
hour for her photo shoot.

Mark

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"Randy Kotuby" wrote in message
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Amazing photo Mark.

Randy

"MWB" wrote in message
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This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other
day she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us
get up close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an
hour for her photo shoot.

Mark





Thanks Randy,

You coming up? It will take your mind off the Yankees.

By the way, I loved A-Rods calling mine. I laughed my ass off. The look on
Howue Clark's face was great.

There's no crying in baseball,

Mark

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"Bouler" schreef in bericht
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"MWB" schreef in bericht
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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)

visarend

greets,

Willem

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Can anybody tell what kind of bird that is, maybe a Falcon?

visarend

Thanks Willem, I found it in my dictionnery;-)
--
Groeten
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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Won't be able to make it up this year Mark. I just changed jobs so I don't
have much in the way of time off this year.

Randy

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"Randy Kotuby" wrote in message
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Amazing photo Mark.

Randy

"MWB" wrote in message
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This is why I carry a camera at all times. I was on the oil tanker Great
Eastern and the captain said there was a large bird on the ship.

This Osprey has been buzzing the line handlers and boom boats. The other
day she had a fish and it was a great sight to see. Yesterday she let us
get up close to see how beautiful she is. She roosted there for over an
hour for her photo shoot.

Mark





Thanks Randy,

You coming up? It will take your mind off the Yankees.

By the way, I loved A-Rods calling mine. I laughed my ass off. The look on
Howue Clark's face was great.

There's no crying in baseball,

Mark