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[AndyWayOutWest]

great picture!

[Convert]

Such an awesome shot.

Not that I expected anything else when I saw who posted this, but I'm so jealous! My new place has a herd of turkeys out back, after I heard a few gobbling yesterday I went off to track them down with the camera. It was the first time I've ever tried to get close to a turkey, none the less photograph one, so you can all imagine how well that went. Every time I got a glimpse of them, they got a glimpse of me and took off to the next pasture. I must have followed them for about an hour. Though I got closer each time and even watched two toms squaring off, I never got close enough to actually get a decent shot with a 200mm. I'm gonna need to sit behind some trees and have Steve call a few in for me, but even with his help I doubt I'll get anything decent. It is so much easier taking pictures of the dog.

[Brannon74]

awsome shot

[KNK]

Wow that is Awesome!

[BuckAssassin]

Great pic! You could sell that to a magazine. High Quality stuff!!

[Russell Graves]

Great pic! You could sell that to a magazine. High Quality stuff!!

That's the idea!

[Legdog]

Great pic! You could sell that to a magazine. High Quality stuff!!

LOL!

You might want to check the extensive client list on the web page link!

[AtTheWall]

What lens/camera combo Russell?

[Casey]

Rob,
From above:

Thanks everyone.

I was at eye level, Shane. I was setting low and he was on a rise so it worked out nicely.

I spotted the rise when it was magically lit and kept hoping a turkey would walk up on it and gobble and he did.

As far as set-up, I was shooting from a pop-up blind with no decoys and I always use a diaphragm mouth call to get them to gobble on command.

I shot this image using a Canon 1D Mark III with a 500mm lens.

Manually focused and manually exposed at 1/250 @ f8 with an ISO of 640.

Thanks,

Russell Graves

[Michael]

Awesome photo, Russell! Welcome to the site!

Michael

[Russell Graves]

Awesome photo, Russell! Welcome to the site!

Michael

Thanks Michael,

I see that you are from Paris. I grew up just down the road from Paris at Dodd City. It is on Highway 82 between Honey Grove and Bonham and still get back that way quite a bit.

[Michael]

Cool. I'm relatively new to the area (moved here from Houston area a little over two years ago), but we're liking it. Let me know next time you're in town. We're always looking for an excuse to have a get together!

Michael