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Posted by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:58 am

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Caspian tern trying to intimidate me...
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Not the prettiest of pictures, but holding my ground was a lot of fun... It's a low yield type of shot, and I only got a few in focus out of all the times I tried.
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by AForns on Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:27 am
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Man Oh Man !!! love it !!! Intense and in your face !!! Big Congrats :) :) :)
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by balazs on Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:29 am
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Wow! Very strong image!
 

by Rocky Sharwell on Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:06 am
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I would be wearing a batting helmet asthese birds can be mean!
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by Herman Blockx on Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:16 am
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this one sure looks pissed off!!!! 8) :P :o
 

by Miguel Lasa on Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:20 am
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Really close , did you survive ? :D
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by rich098 on Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:12 am
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8) 8) 8) :)
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by Chris Kayler on Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:52 am
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This is awesome Bob. I wish the bird was farther into the right of the frame w/ the outstretched wing taking up the rest of the space... but how can i be nitpicking this, just getting it sharp would be hard enough.
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by Rob Palmer on Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:44 am
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Cool shot. Objects in the mirror may be closer than you think. :)
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by Paul Skoczylas on Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:55 am
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Yikes! :shock:

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by Christopher Dodds on Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:46 am
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Is that 300 in for repair?
Talk about in your face....really cool.
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by Larsen on Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:42 pm
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Very cool shot!
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by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:47 pm
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AForns wrote:Man Oh Man !!! love it !!! Intense and in your face !!! Big Congrats :) :) :)
Thanks Alfred... most opportunities failed due to focus issues... I have to admit that I flinched once or twice alond the way... ;-)
 

by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:48 pm
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balazs wrote:Wow! Very strong image!
Thanks... :)
 

by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:51 pm
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Rocky Sharwell wrote:I would be wearing a batting helmet asthese birds can be mean!
Lol... other than the odd bit of guano, I came out of it unscathed... the biologist that I was sharing images with, wasn't quite as lucky... one clipped him and peeled his scalp back a bit.
 

by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:56 pm
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Herman Blockx wrote:this one sure looks pissed off!!!! 8) :P :o
Most of the time, I think I was just a bit of sport for them... there was only once, where one reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy seemed perturbed. It attacked about 20 times and never relented until another tern showed up and became the target of it's aggression... after that, it went after a swan. Usually, they would take just one or two runs at me and then continue on about their business.
 

by mrhughj on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:57 pm
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Good work getting at least one, Bob!!!!!!!

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by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:59 pm
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Miguel Lasa wrote:Really close , did you survive ? :D
lol... Yeah I came out of it without a scratch... shoulda had ear plugs, though... they sure like to scream.
 

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rich098 wrote:8) 8) 8) :)
:-)... cheers!
 

by Bob Botts on Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:14 pm
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Chris Kayler wrote:This is awesome Bob. I wish the bird was farther into the right of the frame w/ the outstretched wing taking up the rest of the space... but how can i be nitpicking this, just getting it sharp would be hard enough.
Thanks Chris. They don't give me much of an opportunity to compose... Keeping the bird in the center of the frame is as much of a defensive maneuvre as it is good shooting practice... ;-)

When they have the one wing up like that, they are already committed to their banking maneuvre, but I really can't tell at the time... things are just happening too fast and it's all I can do to follow the flight of the bird.
 

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