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Apr 23, 2005 14:37 |  #1

Well these guys are tuff to photograph.They would land infront of me hovering,then by the time i got my eye to the view finder they would zip off into another bit of open space :confused: :evil: .I got him in the end tho :cool:

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Apr 23, 2005 14:48 |  #2

I like no2 best, I 've not seen these around yet - I am high up in by Yorkshire Pennines so later in season.

I had a go at taking pics last year and had some success, I used a G3 and had a stick potruding where focus was and if got them in range snapped them - used a lot of shots that day :lol:




  
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Apr 23, 2005 15:00 as a reply to  @ Biko's post |  #3

Yeah i used manual focus to take these.I just kept adjusting the focus until he looked clear :cool:




  
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Apr 23, 2005 19:19 |  #4

Absolutely amazing !!


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Apr 23, 2005 20:19 |  #5

Alan, you are "da man." You are showing great photos. Thanks for sharing.


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Apr 24, 2005 02:06 as a reply to  @ MarkoPolo's post |  #6

MarkoPolo wrote:
Alan, you are "da man." You are showing great photos. Thanks for sharing.

:D Thanks :o

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