Grab-n-Go Meal
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Two years ago during our New Year's break we went to a ryokan on the Ise peninsula, after which I posed about the great quantities of great food we were served. From the seaside balcony of our room on that trip, I happened to catch a few frames of a bird of prey taking the easy route and going with a prepared meal (stealing from a crow) instead of catching one itself....

“Dinner Ready?” -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
“Dinner Ready?”
“Because I Can. Why Do You Ask?” -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/180 sec, f/7.1, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
“Because I Can. Why Do You Ask?”
“I Hate To Grab-n-Run, But...” -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
I Hate To Grab-n-Run, But...”
See Ya when I'm hungry again -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/160 sec, f/6.3, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
See Ya
when I'm hungry again
Daddy's Bringin' Home the Bacon -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2006 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR @ 200 mm — 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 800 — map & image datanearby photos
Daddy's Bringin' Home the Bacon

This was two years ago not only in terms of time, but in equipment and skill as well, so the shots aren't great, but I thought it was at least a bit interesting.


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Much as I hate disagreeing with you on anything, I think these shots ARE great. Highly unusual that you could get them at all. Could you tell what is was exactly on the take-out menu? I couldn’t make anything out.

— comment by Grandma Friedl on January 3rd, 2009 at 7:00am JST (15 years, 3 months ago) comment permalink

Wow, those are GREAT! Does anyone know if that’s a Golden Eagle, or just an enormous hawk? He’s beautiful in any case.

— comment by Marcina on January 3rd, 2009 at 10:36am JST (15 years, 3 months ago) comment permalink
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