Motif: Highly unusual Redtail activity


Posted by ajhand on Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:03 pm

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As soon as I saw the subject for this week's motif, the idea for this kind of shot popped into my mind. Execution was rather simple. I set up an attractive perch against a dark background that would accentuate the action. Beneath the perch is a platform feeder on which you can place roadkilled squirrels laced with harsh laxatives.(Alan and Alex have the exact model number of the perch/platform combo if any of you are interested).
Once the setup was complete I camped nearby in a bag blind and waited. I actually got shots of several different birds, but only this one would sign a model release, and only after I agreed to protect his identity.

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by AlexC on Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:25 pm
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If I am not mistaken that platform is called "Roadkill Feeder-Pooper "stand, only one model is available so far, Nice action and a well pressurized ejection of liquid lava!!! :wink:
Twice, I have almost been baptized by an Osprey, her ejecta was about three feet long and looked like a flying snake, if the camera would have been on a tripod at the time, I would had been in deep guano, thank God I was on my monopod and was able to get out of the way, I have also shots of Snail Kites doing the same!!!!, Nice of you to protect her decorum!!!
Congrats!! 8)
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by Jim Zipp on Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:28 pm
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Hey! That perch looks familiar! I remember this shot..... how could one forget :D Good timing, that's for sure.
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by mwagner1 on Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:57 pm
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I almost fell out of my chair!!!!!

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by Jim Urbach on Sat Nov 01, 2003 5:52 pm
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I thought you aspired to be a photographer not a proctologist, but this is evidence you want to be a dual professional.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:00 pm
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:lol: Had to pick myself up off the floor. Nice timing. Well done. :lol:
 

by Bob Ettinger on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:23 pm
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AJ,

Great timing and thanks, ROFLMAO :D :D Hmm that perch looks familiar.
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by mwagner1 on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:40 pm
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Well,

IF we all want to feel and act like 14 year olds :lol: :twisted: , I will chime in on a scene I saw yesterday....I live on the 17th hole of the Live Oak Golf Course in the community I am in....

Between the 7th tee and the 7th hole, there is a nice sized lake that sometimes plays home to a Great Blue Heron. I was out on my back porch yesterday, and saw him (her) flying around the lake, and much to my horror (and a saying a quick prayer for anyone below him) he let loose a serious "cloud" of poop.....what a "mess" that was!!!!! :lol:

It is not amazing how we can find something amusing out of a bird's, uh, bathroom antics???? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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by Alan Murphy on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:51 pm
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A.J.

This must be one of Alex's perches. Mine have a no-poop zone on them, :)

Killer shot A.J.
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by KK Hui on Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:35 pm
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This is highly X-rated! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Great timing shot, aj ...
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by Bill Whala on Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:23 pm
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by Wayne Ellis on Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:24 pm
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AJ,

Clever.
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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:26 pm
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ROFLMAO
 

by Chris Valentine on Sun Nov 02, 2003 12:13 am
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That makes me :D and it's disgusting at the same time. Go figure!
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by Alan Melle on Sun Nov 02, 2003 7:45 am
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Well, it's a technically perfect, pleasingly composed behavior image. Hiding his identity was probably appropriate. ROFLMAO! Nice "shot"
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by Paul Fusco on Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:02 pm
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AJ -

Beauty!
Creativity= 10, Detail= 10, Posture= 10, Light= 10, Liquid ejection= 10.
All around great shot!!

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:28 pm
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Yikes! Look out below.
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