First shots with my D1X

[UH_OH_5_OH]

These are some picturs that I shot with my D1X that I just got for FREE from my brother.

a Barbary Falcon chick....exploring the yard....

Nikki....a female Barbary Falcon....

....an as of yet unnamed female Peregrine Falcon

TUFFY....a Gyr and Saker hybrid

...the Colonel and Tuffy....

Hooker and Hank....a pair of Gyr Falcons...

A close up of Slick....a male Gyr Falcon; just out of focus DANGIT !

Titan....a male Peregrine....also just out of focus...

 

[crazedpuffer]

Very nice shots!!

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

Thank you very much ! I have some different ones of flowers and such but haven't loaded them to photobucket as of yet....I'll try and do that after the A/C repair guy gets done !

 

[fatrip]

very cool. def would love to see more of the falcons.

 

[snommisbor]

Nice creamy bokeh makes the pics pop.

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12818647#post12818647 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snommisbor
Nice creamy bokeh makes the pics pop.

whats bokeh?

 

[reefman77]

Bokeh is the out of focus background area in the pictures. what lense were you using. the pictures look great

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

Several different lenses actually....!

 

[melev]

Sweet pictures - you did really good.

 

[Freed]

Is Tuffy's beak blue or just shades of gray and white? Looks awesome. Can you get a close up of Tuffy's face?

 

[Misled]

Very nice UH_OH, those birds are beautiful.

 

[kar93]

Great pictures, Beautiful birds.

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

Thanks guys......I'll try and get some more posted on Tuesday morning !

And Tuffys beak is a blend of Black....blue/grey and then white ! And he's an absolute sweet heart and so in love with the Colonel !

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

 

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[melev]

Several excellent shots. These are my favorites of this set:

 

[Misled]

Agree with Marc, I also like the maple leaf and I have that same plaque in my office!!! Is this still at the colonel's? That's a nice size dianthis.

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

Yup these are all at the Colonels place......and the flowers are mostly moms but the Colonel has his own area of just Hostas. but the ground is so heavily sanded that they had to bring several yards of topsoil in to be able to plant anything other than a pinecone !

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

.....oh yeah and the picture of the rockwall.....he had to bring in each and every rock for that wall and place them by hand ! I thought he meant a slightly smaller wall when he told me what he was doing.....but then I saw that thing and I was WOWed bigtime ! That wall is actually like 60 feet long !