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Published: 2007-04-16 22:33:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 4666; Favourites: 141; Downloads: 242
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) about to drop into a stoop where they can hit incredible speeds making them the fastest creatures on earth.I had to crop this image very heavily as the bird was just a dot in my viewfinder, this is basically the bird full size but I've cropped out the acres of blue sky from around it. I was just really happy to get a shot in focus as it was moving so quickly, this is the only shot in the sequence that came out.
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Cheers Greg, more luck than anything else I guess! I must have reeled off about 20 shots in burst mode and just tried to keep the bird in the viewfinder with an AF point over the bird so the camera could try and keep focus. It was very difficult though as the bird was a fair distance away so was small in the viewfinder and it was moving fast.
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I doubt luck has much to do with it, because all of your photos are amazing!
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Cheers Greg, you are very kind. Believe me luck is a big part of it, a lot of my shots get deleted straight away!
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It's a captive bird in a flight display at my local bird of prey centre.
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FYI:
Animal Speed (mph)
Peregrine falcon 200.00+
Cheetah 70.00
Pronghorn antelope 61.00
Lion 50.00
Thomson's gazelle 50.00
Wildebeest 50.00
Quarter horse 47.50
Mako Shark (Shortfin) 46.00
Cape hunting dog 45.00
Elk 45.00
Coyote 43.00
Gray fox 42.00
Hyena 40.00
Ostrich 40.00
Zebra 40.00
Mongolian wild ass 40.00
Greyhound 39.35
Whippet 35.50
Jackal 35.00
Mule deer 35.00
Rabbit (domestic) 35.00
Giraffe 32.00
Reindeer 32.00
Cat (domestic) 30.00
Kangaroo 30.00
Grizzly bear 30.00
Wart hog 30.00
White-tailed deer 30.00
Human 27.89
Elephant 25.00
Black mamba snake 20.00
Six-lined race runner 18.00
Squirrel 12.00
Pig (domestic) 11.00
Chicken 9.00
House mouse 8.00
Spider (Tegenearia atrica) 1.17
Giant tortoise 0.17
Three-toed sloth 0.15
Garden snail 0.03
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Hey great list Michael! That's really cool, cheers for posting it. It's good to know that a Squirrel can outrun a Pig!
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Great capture, that's one fast moving target! Looks like it was just rolling into the start of the stoop at the moment you captured the shot.
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Thanks Sheryl, that's exactly right it had just turned and started to drop and was pulling it's wings up, the next shot is out of focus as it had already started moving too fast for my camera to keep up and the next shot after that it's virtually out of the frame as I couldn't pan fast enough! I'm really chuffed to have got one useable shot!
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What an amazing angle! You always manage to capture images that feel so unique - I've never quite seen photographs like yours before, even though I'm familiar with the subject matter.
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Wow thanks Druvid! That's a really nice comment, I appreciate it! Cheers!
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Very nice. Was it a captive Falcon? Not that it matters, cause I love the shot.
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Thanks Tim, yes it was taken in the same flight display as the Bald Eagle sequence.
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oooohhh nice, I wish I could see some if those around here
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Yeah they are beautiful birds. This was at my local bird of prey centre, have you got one near you?
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Near? No but if I ask my parents nicley I can go to one. None of the birds there can fly though
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Shame, it's great to watch them fly free. But still nice to visit to see them up close.
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Good luck! Hope you get some good shots!
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thats it! I hate you LOL
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yeah LOL ive lost count of the pixels ive wasted trying to get a shot in focus of that bugger
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Hehe! Even with the mighty 1D?
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yeah, guess I need the mkIII
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