Peregrine

Gallery: AvianPosted April 17, 2011179 views10 comments

Last week I was headed out to an island to work on some habitat restoration and on our way out of the marina (which is near the mouth of the Carmans River) my co-worker spotted this (female: based on size) Peregrine Falcon. Being in the boat let us get pretty close.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH from boat
f/8
1/1600s
ISO 500

Full Frame except for a minor horizon straighten, minor clone job to remove some distracting yellow rope, sharpened using smart sharpen in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 17, 2011 at 1:56 PM

Now if you only had that 400mm....

Nice Luke. Good to seem them back on my old stomping grounds.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 17, 2011 at 2:33 PM

Luke you did very well with this,really like this bird in it's habitat.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 17, 2011 at 2:42 PM

Very nice, Luke. She let you get close but she doesn't look very happy. Nicely sharp for the conditions. Nice late-winter color palette.

I've seen raptors get their feet trapped and die in wire cages like this; I hope removal of this lobster trap (?) is on someone's restoration list.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on April 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Jim,

As part of the National Wildlife Refuge, it would fall on the feds. You can sort of see remnants of a dock behind the bird - when they come and remove that (this is in an extensive area of marsh) they will (likely) remove the old trap. I wish I could guarantee that, but the feds are pretty good at their job - at least that this particular refuge.

Charlie, I was thinking the same thing! Make sure you check out my fox kit shots to see how bad I really wish I had a 400 + 2X!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM

I really like the look you appear to be getting from the peregrine Luke. Pretty neat that she allowed such a close approach. I hope the feds do remove the lobster trap... soon.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 17, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Like the look the bird is giving you Luke. Neat habitat, except the remains of the dock are a bit distracting to me.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on April 17, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Very nice! Like the surrounding environment.

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on April 17, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Magnificent bird. I like the head turn and pose.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 18, 2011 at 5:42 PM

Very nice, Luke. The sharp eye and beak really say a lot about this huntress.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 19, 2011 at 8:01 PM

Luke I love the mysterious feel to this along with the birds expression.

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