Pretty close. Maybe 5-6m sitting on the hand of one of the falconers
2 Likes
Still impressive, you can see every single little feather when you zoom in. Or the reflection in the eye.
I love using the tele lens at minimum distance, as a poor man’s macro lens. 
1 Like
That is an amazing pic, birds of prey are fascinating. Heck to even meet actual falconers is pretty darn cool
2 Likes
They said that they’re doing this regularly so I’m definitely going to the park more often from now on 
They are very impressive in action and I want to be able to get some action shots at some point. They are very quick and it’s gonna take some practice to get good shoots of them while they’re diving on their prey.
2 Likes
Do the falconers launch the hawks off a gloved hand? That’d be a cool shot as well
1 Like
Initially yes, but most of the time they’re up in trees while the falconers send their ferret into the burrows
That’s really neat.
The train station I used to commute from brought in a falconer recently to scare off the pigeons because they were getting so out of hand. Would have been cool to see, only thing that I can say I regret about not commuting from there anymore!
4 Likes
Duisburg
6 Likes
Wow, that’s a framer! Epic!
That’s like an envisioning of my own future LOL!
Oh, and also a nice looking Rally drive. 
2 Likes
Mystic atmosphere, love it!
Could have used the 100-500mm here! I had to crop in and lost detail but on the other hand it’s hard to beat a f2.8 lens in this light. Not sure which one would have resulted in a cleaner image.
15 Likes
What a fantastic picture!
Pure beauty of nature…
1 Like
Great capture… just a stunning picture.
1 Like
That pic immediately reminded me of Led Zeppelin’s label “Swan Song” …
Perfect timing @Derbysieger .
3 Likes
I think you dialed up the fog setting too far, that looks like a picture from an old video game console (like the N64) when they used fog in games to hide the fact that they could not render more terrain.
4 Likes
Was there a world update last night, that messed with the settings…?
3 Likes
Mate, you have turned your Gamma up way too high 
5 Likes
Meh, CAVOK
3 Likes