Too good for cricket!

[British Red]

Was out playing hookey with BB today and bumped into a local falconer who was exercising his birds. We've seen him a few times before and he's a friendly chap so he put a couple of his birds through their paces for us (and BB got a chance to fly them too )

His Harris Hawk stooping in to the call

The pictures get a bit blurry now - things were moving fast!

Going vertical as the food is hurled in the air

Rolling for the catch

Nice thing to witness on a wander huh?

A couple of his owl flying too - not sure on the species tbh - short eared?

Owl push ups?

Red

 

[stuart m]

Amazing photos Red, that last one, the Owl doing it's exercises, is superb.... Thank you

 

[Staghound]

More cracking shots Red, I'm going for Eagle owl.

Steve

 

[Ogri the trog]

I'm running out of phrases with which to praise your photography Red.
These shots are staggering, truely staggering.

Ogri the trog

 

[Gailainne]

Goodness knows what that owl was concentrating on, but I dont think I would have liked it to be me. Cracking photos BR, you coming to the moot ?, between you and Wayland, I may actually make sense and be able to use my digital slr

Stephen

 

[British Red]

Na Stephen - don't often do big groups of people - I'm a bit quiet for that

Any time you are passing though we'll do a photo stroll

 

[Gailainne]

Na Stephen - don't often do big groups of people - I'm a bit quiet for that

Any time you are passing though we'll do a photo stroll

Neither do I mate, I can understand where you are coming from, perhaps another time, you still thinking of setting up a B&B or retreat style place ?, like Spam said in another post, I'd book a weekend, "Na Bother"

Stephen

 

[British Red]

Yep - soon as property prices stabalise!

 

[Aaron]

'Hookey' - Please to be explaining this word Hugh?

 

[John Fenna]

Truant, bunking off, skiving off, avoiding work by going to places not authorised - having fun when you should be working!

 

[British Red]

And my preferred option "all of the above"

 

[Grooveski]

Amazing pictures. Beautiful creatures.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Nice pictures Red. Did you use the camera's auto focus or pre focus and let the birds fly into the focused area, or just trust a high shutter speed and a medium aperture? I love the first image, good focus, blurred background to concentrate the image, framed by the gap in the trees and the bird is nicely in the thirds. Great image.

 

[British Red]

Pre-focus C_G . I wish I could have got a bit less tree as the background distracts for the subject a bit - sadly its rarely that easy! I have another thats against a plain sky thats a better study in some ways. The falconer has discussed a "photographers" day at some point where he exercises a number of birds against the backdrops and in the ways I ask.

Could be fun!

Red