Cooper's Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted October 8, 2011159 views12 comments

The winds were wrong this morning so the action was slooooow but I was thrilled to get this.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 HH/sitting
f/5
1/2500s
ISO 320

Cropped to 76%, sharpened using smart sharpen, levels adjustments in CS5 on 27" iMac

*decoy

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on October 8, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Luke, I love the pose with the spread tail, dangling feet and eye contact. Techs are great as usual especially the exposure.

Skip Harris

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on October 8, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Really looks good -- I especially like the bird flying right to left --

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM

A super look at this Cooper's Luke. Great to get the fanned out tail. Nice light, exposure, and sharpness. Given this is 76%, I might crop in a bit more to eliminate some of the blue empty space. But that is just my preference on comp.

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Comment posted by Richard Hahn on October 8, 2011 at 1:47 PM

Luke,

Great picture as usual. Looks like it was looking for breakfast.Was this taken out east?

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Comment posted by Roger Leekam on October 8, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Tough shot to get. Great detail.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 8, 2011 at 6:47 PM

Nice! "Different" pose, fine detail and great tail/;egs.
I thiun you have the oixels to tighten up the crop a little - unneeded space at the left.
Great catch!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on October 8, 2011 at 8:32 PM

I would be a happy camper with something like this too Luke.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 9, 2011 at 9:42 AM

Love this excellent look at the bird with the fully fanned tail and nice sharp details. Agree about the crop. Haloing is present. I can't help you-all my sky pix have the same issue !

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on October 9, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Detail is wonderful and the pose is great Luke. I find these birds very skittish and, great job catching him in flight.

ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 9, 2011 at 9:25 PM

I agree that there's a broad and relatively subtle halo and that perhaps you could go a bit tighter on this Luke but other than those "fixable" (if you so prefer) minor issues I like this a lot. The light is very nice, I like the fanned tail and left wing position and sharpness looks good. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on October 9, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Really impressive Luke. Very sharp with great light and exposure. I like the pose too. The halo is subtle, but now that others have mentioned it I do see it ever so slightly. One to be proud of for sure.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on October 10, 2011 at 2:01 PM

Great looking bird Luke, well done again!

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