Not every day to see birds of prey in shots like this.
At that distance I know that they were some kind of predator birds.
I forever have my eyes on the sky when I am outside in our garden, and on this day I was given a great bonus. The planes come over from inland to land at the international airport, and in the picture above I focused on the birds, when a plane photobombed the picture. Such things happen from time to time, and I am very happy when something like this takes place. Even better is the second picture as I tried to get them with the moon in the background. But no such luck.
I was so hoping that they would fly across the face of the moon. But this was the closest that they came to the moon.
As they blitzed overhead, I could still not identify them as I had not seen them before. Might be a pair of pale morph Booted Eagles (Hieraaetus pennatus).
And there was the other one.
I have said a few times before that anything can happen in the skies over here, and so many times I have had the opportunities to get some of it on camera. Planes, birds, clouds, sunrises and sunsets, and a whole lot more to have to look out for. So, even when times on the ground look a bit mundane it is always the wide sky where one needs to search for surprises.
A tin can flyer also came over with people packed like sardines inside:)
And finally, three shots of the moon.
Just look at that lovely moon, and it will be full tonight (5 November).
Sadly, I don't always get the chance to take pictures of the full moon, especially when the skies are clouded over. I don't know about you, but I am hooked on the full moons, and they are saying that this one is also going to be very special. The name of this full moon is called the Beaver Moon, and it is reckoned to be the biggest, brightest, and closest supermoon for 2025. So, I really hope to get it on camera, even if we have to travel a long way to find a clear sky.
Maybe, with some luck, I will get the moon rising behind a mountain peak as that is the first time that we can see it from here, because it rises behind the mountains, so wish me luck. Hope is always a good thing to have, and when one is alert then the opportunities for photographs will show themselves. I shoot freehand with the camera, as this enables me to shoot fast moving objects that one will never get when the camera is strapped to a tripod for a fixed target. Just my way of doing things.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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