Bosque Del Apache 2010

In just returned from 10 days at Bosque Del Apache, NWR where I conducted two workshops. Here are some of the images I made while there. I hope you like them. Thanks for looking. All comments welcome.

1. Male Northern Harrier

Out standing. The Northern Harrier shots are awesome.

Great job on the harrier, Jim. The IQ is outstanding as I would expect from you.

Would that bird be a juvenile? All the adult males I've seen around here have been silver gray in color. With all the brown on this one, I would have mistakenly(?) called it as a female.

So much to learn, so little time.

Beautiful Jim. The composition and lighting on #3 are just WOW!

great job

The colors are so fantastic! Great time of year and day.
Karen

They are all very nice!

great shots. Last one is awesome.

Harvey_G wrote in post #11321557
Great job on the harrier, Jim. The IQ is outstanding as I would expect from you.

Would that bird be a juvenile? All the adult males I've seen around here have been silver gray in color. With all the brown on this one, I would have mistakenly(?) called it as a female.

So much to learn, so little time.

Yes - I think it is an immature male. You can see the gray starting to come in on the wings. We thought it was a female at first, but after looking closely, it appeared to be a young male.

Beautiful set of images, Jim. Such dramatic colours! Just lovely.

pttenn wrote in post #11321792
The colors are so fantastic! Great time of year and day.
Karen

I always go to Bosque in early November to get the spectacular fall color bgs. By Thanksgiving, most of the fall color is gone.

The pink bgs for the Crane images are pre-dawn skies that glow a wonderfull pink color almost every morning. The low light forces slow shutter speeds and it is very difficult to get sharp images when doing pan blurs like the ones above.

Jim,
#1, #2, and #3 are my favorites, very nicely done.

Wowsa! Jim - the whole series looks fantastic, but those Northern Harrier shots are just exceptional.

Everytime I see great shots like this it just re-inforces to me that one of these Novembers I have to make the pilgrimage...

A wonderful set Jim,

My mind boggles to imagine a hand-held technique with such a massive rig. But you obviously got it all under control. Those Harrier shots are fabulous.

Thanks for posting these and best regards,

Kenn

Outstanding shots! Well done!