Feeding Frenzy

Posted by Gene Gwin on Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:25 am

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Photo taken at Laguna Seca Ranch in South Texas last week.

Nikon D810, 300mm lens, 1.4 TC, 1/320 sec at f/18, ISO 500, fill flash @ -1.0.

This is full frame, no crop. There were quite a few more birds, but needed a wide-angle lens to get them in the shot.

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by SMB on Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:38 am

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That's a lot of Caracaras.
I like the middle bird as the subject, might crop out the two standing birds R and L.

Nice shot.

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by Jeff Munoz on Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:13 pm

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First time that I have seen so many Gene, love it!!!

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by Gene Gwin on Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:39 pm

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SMB wrote:That's a lot of Caracaras.
I like the middle bird as the subject, might crop out the two standing birds R and L.

Nice shot.

For the best photo, I agree with picking the center bird and crop out from there. My intent was to show just how many Caracaras were surrounding the food. It would have taken a wide-angle lens to show all of them.

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by Denis55 on Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:22 pm

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Wow!
Now that,s a frenzy! Cool shot Gene!

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by Karl Egressy on Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:24 pm

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Nice image, Gene.
Stan has a good point, IMO.

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by Gene Gwin on Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:15 pm

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Karl Egressy wrote:Nice image, Gene.
Stan has a good point, IMO.

I cropped the shot as suggested and I think it looks pretty good. Can someone tell me how to post an edited photo in the remarks section? Thanks from one of the technically challenged among us.

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by mikullashbee on Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:41 pm

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A good advertisement for the ranch if anybody enquires about the likely hood of see a Caracara.

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by Homer on Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:44 pm

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Really cool shot Gene,is that a turkey vulture on the left top side of the photo?waiting for his turn to have a few bites to eat,if there any left I would guess.

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by Square Man1 on Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:17 am

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Good action shot Gene,

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by Gene Gwin on Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:14 am

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Homer wrote:Really cool shot Gene,is that a turkey vulture on the left top side of the photo?waiting for his turn to have a few bites to eat,if there any left I would guess.

Homer, No, a turkey vulture has a red head. This is a Black Vulture. Some people at times will call it a Black Headed Vulture, which is true that it has a black head, but is not the correct name. The Black Vulture is much, much more aggressive than a Turkey Vulture, willing to mix it up with Caracaras. I'll post a photo with a Black Vulture and a Caracara on the same perch for a comparison. Thanks for asking.

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by Gaurav Mittal on Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:43 am