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Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbugmom on February 12, 2010, 02:29:28 AM
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Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: Jeanne Lee on February 12, 2010, 08:31:08 AM
Kathleen, another one I wouldn't want to tangle with.  And he's looking right at me!   :D  Wonderful shot.
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbug99 on February 12, 2010, 08:56:01 AM
Amazing shot!  How close did you get to this one?
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbugmom on February 13, 2010, 01:37:24 AM
Quote from: Jeanne Lee on February 12, 2010, 08:31:08 AM
Kathleen, another one I wouldn't want to tangle with.  And he's looking right at me!   :D  Wonderful shot.

haha, don't worry Jeanne, the feet are the business end of these birds.  Thanks.  :)
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbugmom on February 13, 2010, 01:38:30 AM
Quote from: shutterbug99 on February 12, 2010, 08:56:01 AM
Amazing shot!  How close did you get to this one?

The falconer was holding him, I'd say I was about 5 feet or so away when I took this shot.
Title: Re: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: JudyB on February 15, 2010, 03:31:38 PM
I did comment on this one and it went poof without me knowing!!!

This is a wonderful shot.  Well done!!!   Do you have more?
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: Jeanne Lee on February 15, 2010, 03:48:02 PM
Quote from: shutterbugmom on February 13, 2010, 01:37:24 AM
Quote from: Jeanne Lee on February 12, 2010, 08:31:08 AM
Kathleen, another one I wouldn't want to tangle with.  And he's looking right at me!   :D  Wonderful shot.

haha, don't worry Jeanne, the feet are the business end of these birds.  Thanks.  :)

Maybe so, but it's that glaring eye that spots the prey before the feet get into the act.   :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbugmom on February 18, 2010, 04:38:54 AM
Quote from: JudyB on February 15, 2010, 03:31:38 PM
I did comment on this one and it went poof without me knowing!!!

This is a wonderful shot.  Well done!!!   Do you have more?

Thank you.  Here's another one...(https://www.christianphotographers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shekinahphotography.com%2Fimg%2Fv4%2Fp407446261-2.jpg&hash=b4320cc542d6fb0b40802c18f9ac226b00daac7d) and you can see more in my Raptor Gallery, http://www.shekinahphotography.com/raptors (http://www.shekinahphotography.com/raptors)
Title: Re: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: JudyB on February 18, 2010, 10:35:41 AM
He is beautiful....Doesn't our Lord have an amazing imagination to have created so many different colorings on the many different birds in the world!!!
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: Jeanne Lee on February 18, 2010, 11:15:49 AM
Judy, I agree with that.  Just as applied to birds - so many species, all with different sizes, shapes and colorings.  And then to consider all other animals and plants! 
Title: Re: Gyrfalcon
Post by: shutterbugmom on February 19, 2010, 01:22:00 PM
You are both so right!  God is so creative! 

In case you're interested, there's a great Christian birding blog (besides mine, haha, just kidding) at http://leesbird.com/ (http://leesbird.com/).  The current blog post is about the birds of the air, in the Bible, and includes one of my images.  On this blog, you can click from a list of birds of the Bible and it will pull up the Bible verse that mentions that specific type of bird.  So cool!  Lots of other great stuff on there, too.  A gal I know has a regular section on there, called Val's Looking Glass. (I think that's what it's called, can't remember right now)