graeme_clarke Posted January 26, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 26, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thorp Perrow Arboretum in North Yorkshire, England, is home to a collection of hawks and falcons. On a cold day in November last year, this Lanna was sitting watching me, watching him. R9+DMR 280 1/125 at f6.8. 100iso handheld (propped against a fencepost). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Hi graeme_clarke, Take a look here Lanna Falcon. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
leicanut2 Posted January 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2007 Very good sharp right on the money. Cheers Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 27, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 27, 2007 Graeme - Oh my! This is even better than the other. It has the same virtues of framing, details and bokeh, but each of those characterisitics are stronger here, and the contrast is just a touch better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter41951 Posted January 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 27, 2007 You were blessed with fine light for your visit. Again, the expression and the feather detail are wonderful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfred Posted January 27, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 27, 2007 A perfect bird shot Graeme seems to be true color, even better considering no tripod was used. Is this lens the Apo Telyt 280 f4 and could you please advise on the film used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted January 28, 2007 Hello Manfred, Yes - 280 F4 apo-telyt ROM. No film - R9-DMR. Processed with C1, and photoshop. Graeme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted January 28, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 28, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Great shot Graeme, even better than the Goshawk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamilsukun Posted January 28, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2007 Graeme, This is a king. The photograph, the bird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfred Posted January 28, 2007 Share #9 Posted January 28, 2007 Hello Manfred, Yes - 280 F4 apo-telyt ROM. No film - R9-DMR. Processed with C1, and photoshop. Graeme Thank's Graeme , I studied the other shot the goshawk its even better congratulation you have the lens under control. I use the same lens, its extremely sharp but so far I have nothing matching this quality. I use Astia and scan on Flextight, no DMR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telyt Posted January 29, 2007 Share #10 Posted January 29, 2007 Graeme, this is a beautiful portrait of the bird (as is the Goshawk photo) but I respectfully suggest that this bird is not a falcon. My best guess is that it's a light colour form of the Buzzard (Buteo buteo). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted January 29, 2007 Hello Doug, Hmm! I'd got it down as a Lanna - I'll have to check next time I visit Thorp Perrow. Best wishes, Graeme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted February 6, 2007 Share #12 Posted February 6, 2007 Graeme - I emailed an image of your extraordinary photo above to a friend in California who works with raptors and rehabilitates injured raptors. She loves the photo, finds the bird to be exceptionally beautiful, but she says it's not a lana falcon. Here are her words: "Alas, though, the lanner falcon shot is not of a falcon at all. But a wonderful bird I don't know - either a buteo (red-tails, and so on, are buteos), or an eagle, but I don't know of any with such light feathering on the head. The gape, the mouth, is also huge, like a Ferruginous hawk's, but no FEHA has such a color, or such a sloping head. "I'm attaching a photo of a lanner falcon - belongs to a falconer who raised it and hunts with it. It has several falcon characteristics - that is, ones you'll find on all falcons. First, the round nostril with the baffle inside. second, the little "tooth," at the end of the beak, which is called a "tomial tooth" and is not a tooth but a notch with which falcons, alone among raptors, sever the spinal cord of their prey, and third, the malar stripe - the dark stripe that goes through the eye and onto the cheek. Most peregrine species have an entire hood that covers the eyes and curves below the cheek area (one peregrine has an arrangement much like this lanner). Prairies have a pale stripe, merlins have a narrower one, kestrels in this country have a double one. If you like, I'll send you a collection of falcon head photos. But that would take some time. "Also note the round head - the picture you sent shows a bird with a long sloping head. Most hawks and eagles I know have eyes lighter than this, and much lighter than falcons. This is a most beautiful bird and I'd love a full-body photo of it if you can get it." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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