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derek · Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: out and about

Out and about delivering xmas cards, stopped to take this photo by a local reservoir.

then i saw this and snapped it quickly - my first attempt at trying to photograph a bird in flight and very little time to change lense and focus. I know they're not great shots but at least they're not all blurred! I think its a red kite

A view spoilt by wind turbines

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hil26 · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject:

great attempt at the red kite, Derek, amazing birds to watch.

totally agree about the windmills.
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creators · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:21 am Post subject:

Good work, tricky stuff getting birds on the wing. They couldn't have made those windmills any more intrusive if they'd tried. What a bloody eyesore. Mad

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jonH · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:11 am Post subject:

creators · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:48 am Post subject:

the neepster · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject:

I quite like the windmills Very Happy

I love the one of the red kite!!
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derek · Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks everyone. I was sitting in my car, trying to get another lens out of my bag when I saw it. So quite a miracle I managed to get any shots of it at all.

It seems you can see those windmills from all over Northamptonshire. They are of the tallest type in this country I believe. They look very spooky in fog - War of the Worlds type of spooky.

Off to Cornwall tomorrow for the New Year so no more photos from me till after then.

A Happy and Peaceful New Year to you all

derek @ barbara

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