Comments on: Photographing Buzzards http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards Food - Photography & More Mon, 21 May 2012 19:08:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27775 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:49:26 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27775 Laura, I know about the tricks but I prefer to be honest, same as with the insects-I don't feel the need to kill one just to photograph it. It's amazing what a bit of bird food and a feeder erased out with Photoshop can do, not for me though. I do envy your wildlife population Laura, makes ours look pretty dull at times. Miles Laura,
I know about the tricks but I prefer to be honest, same as with the insects-I don’t feel the need to kill one just to photograph it.
It’s amazing what a bit of bird food and a feeder erased out with Photoshop can do, not for me though.
I do envy your wildlife population Laura, makes ours look pretty dull at times.

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27774 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:47:17 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27774 Rod, Very true, keep calm and carry on!! Miles Rod,
Very true, keep calm and carry on!!

Miles

]]> by: Laura http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27773 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:14:04 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27773 You guys need to cheat like the great nature photographers out there. Go fix yourself some buzzard bait and - road kill or other such carcasses and throw that in a field with a blind nearby (preferably upwind) and wait for the buggers - um buzzards to investigate. They will come - they are inquisitive and seemingly always hungry. I once knew a man that would lure them down by getting his stepson to lay still in the fields ofTidewater, VA. The kid thought it was cool when they would land and he would scare them by getting up. We thought it was macabre and a way of acting out otherwise hidden wish fullfillment on L's part. Wish you could see them here - they perch on homes in flocks (or whatever a group of buzzards is called) and spread their wings to warm and dry them in the mornings. Spooky to see the buzzards in a heraldic pose - an architectural detail that belongs in a Tim Burton movie. But alas, it is part of my daily life. . . Out in Hinkley, Ohio they have a buzzard cult and have a big town celebration every year when the buzzards come in for the season. . . Good luck! L You guys need to cheat like the great nature photographers out there.

Go fix yourself some buzzard bait and - road kill or other such carcasses and throw that in a field with a blind nearby (preferably upwind) and wait for the buggers - um buzzards to investigate.

They will come - they are inquisitive and seemingly always hungry. I once knew a man that would lure them down by getting his stepson to lay still in the fields ofTidewater, VA. The kid thought it was cool when they would land and he would scare them by getting up. We thought it was macabre and a way of acting out otherwise hidden wish fullfillment on L’s part.

Wish you could see them here - they perch on homes in flocks (or whatever a group of buzzards is called) and spread their wings to warm and dry them in the mornings. Spooky to see the buzzards in a heraldic pose - an architectural detail that belongs in a Tim Burton movie. But alas, it is part of my daily life. . .

Out in Hinkley, Ohio they have a buzzard cult and have a big town celebration every year when the buzzards come in for the season. . .

Good luck!

L

]]> by: Rod http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27764 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:25:27 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/photographing-buzzards#comment-27764 I'd be pleased with that shot - I think you'll need a lot of time and luck to better it. I suppose it's the challenge that makes it worthwhile but I wish they'd throw us a bone evey now and then ! Cheers Rod I’d be pleased with that shot - I think you’ll need a lot of time and luck to better it.
I suppose it’s the challenge that makes it worthwhile but I wish they’d throw us a bone evey now and then !
Cheers
Rod

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