Wildlife Photos from the Southwest USA

  • rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:26 pm #1245774

    Hi Everyone!…
    Ive been down in New Mexico and Arizona for a few weeks.. and I have LOTS of photos to share… Ill drop in and share them as I get to them….
    this first shot is a portrait of a Ferriginous Hawk… the largest hawk of the US.. this is a young female being handled by a falconer in Tucson Az…. she was such a beautiful bird and the light was so perfect I will share 2 shots of her!

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:30 pm #345358

    *sigh*.. these shots have incredible detail I wish I could post them large enough you could see it!… the shot above this one is so clear you can see the sun and clouds reflected in the eye on the left side of the shot!….

    this one is also super clear…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:33 pm #345360

    OK… something you Duck people can sink their teeth into heres a male Shoveler.. doing what they do best.. shoveling!
    (man.. I think I just lost my appetite!.. something about sinking my teeth into a shoveler… *yuck*)

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:34 pm #345361

    OK… OK…. since your “chomping” at the bit (or is that duck?) heres a pintail for you to chew on…. a beautiful male…

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:37 pm #345362

    *sigh*…. well… in the big version of those ducks you can clearly see the feather detail and even the water drops….
    ok.. this next shot is a pair of sandhill cranes dropping into the marsh at sunset….

    DeeZee
    Champlin, Mn
    Posts: 2128
    February 24, 2005 at 3:38 pm #345363

    Simply Awesome Ken!

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:38 pm #345364

    and here they are at dawn… with a few of their “friends”… you know.. I think maybe they are fishermen? the one is telling the other.. just how big that walleye he lost the other day was….

    rivereyes
    Osceola, Wisconsin
    Posts: 2782
    February 24, 2005 at 3:41 pm #345366

    and here is yet another raptor… a Harris Hawk…..
    I have TONS of shots like I said… I have no idea how many good ones… but I took just over 4000 on my trip!… out of that there HAS to be 40 pretty good ones!… one of out a 100 isnt a bad average for good shots… and out of those.. there HAS to be a few GREAT shots!…. (I hope anyway)…. so if you guys are interested in the junk from the southwest.. Ill keep posting stuff fairly frequently as I go through my processing cycle….. (sheese maybe Ill need my own forum! lol)

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    February 24, 2005 at 3:45 pm #345369

    Very nice pictures Ken. National Geographic quality. You got the eye for sure.

    emover
    Malcom, IA
    Posts: 1939
    February 24, 2005 at 3:59 pm #345375

    Ken,
    As always Great Pics I see your perspective on life is as keen as your eye for photography. As long as you want to post ’em, I’ll certainly enjoy them.

    dave

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    February 24, 2005 at 4:08 pm #345379

    Great pics Ken!

    pgoetsch337
    Mazeppa, Minnesota
    Posts: 116
    February 24, 2005 at 4:55 pm #345389

    PERFECT pics ken as always
    keep em coming!
    Hollywood

    trz
    Posts: 32
    February 24, 2005 at 5:40 pm #345397

    WOW these pictures are incredible as usual! The reflection of the clouds in the hawks eyes is truly breathtaking. More, more I say

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    February 24, 2005 at 5:58 pm #345401

    We were wondering where you have been!
    Spectacular shots!
    Keep posting! They are awesome!
    Tuck

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm #345566

    No Kidding…we all thought you went fishing!

    Great Pics as always!

    Art
    Posts: 439
    February 25, 2005 at 1:29 pm #345569

    Really enjoy the pics. Keep them coming and thanks for shareing. Art

    Arzie
    East Bethel, Minnesota
    Posts: 426
    February 27, 2005 at 1:34 am #345780

    Beautiful!! I can only dream of being able to take such awesome pictures!!

    kurt-turner
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 691
    February 27, 2005 at 8:13 am #345814

    Unreal, what a talent…………

    ryan-hale
    NW Ia
    Posts: 1548
    February 27, 2005 at 2:55 pm #345829

    Ken,boys and I love to look at your pics.They are awesome.
    Ryan Hale

    fireflick
    Alma WI
    Posts: 875
    February 27, 2005 at 4:29 pm #345845

    Awesome Ken I never get sick of looking at your pictures. Amazing!

    lundgeye
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1209
    February 27, 2005 at 4:36 pm #345848

    Like the guys already said…AWESOME JOB!!! I take lots of wildlife pics too and know how difficult it is to get shots of this quality, regardless of the equipment. Keep them coming, your fan club is here and enjoying the show.

    warrenmn
    Minnesota
    Posts: 687
    March 6, 2005 at 2:31 pm #347426

    After looking at the last ones, I wanted to find these. This is to bump up near the others incase some one else that just came in wants to see. Excellent photos.

    I may have missed this, but what kind of camera and lenses are you using. I saw the 500 mentioned, short or long, forgot the right term for that.

    WarrenMN

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