Red Footed Falcon

Gallery: AvianPosted November 4, 2011689 views13 comments

They only stay in Israel for about 3 weeks per year. Was really lucky to get some quality images of the Juv.

MKIII 500F4+ TC x1.4 1/800 F7.1 ISO 200
Just about FF.

All C&C welcomed.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM

Excellent shot! Great species, colors and perch - no nits I can think of - well done ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Tonia Graves on November 4, 2011 at 5:44 PM

Danny , this is a great shot of a species I have never seen before! Nice light & interesting perch, great job!

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on November 4, 2011 at 5:57 PM

Excellent in every way!

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on November 4, 2011 at 6:19 PM

Great detail on this. Interesting pearch and neat to see how he is grasping it, I like the downward gaze as well. A very nice picture overall.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on November 4, 2011 at 7:12 PM

Wonderful bird, perch, and bg all very nicely presented. Sharon

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 4, 2011 at 7:24 PM

A lovely image Danny. Really like the colors, pose and perch. Image quality looks good at this small size. If this were mine I might have given the bird just a bit more room up top but since this is almost FF you may not have the rooom and besides it looks like I'm in the minority on that anyway.

Addendum - came back to look again and think about my comp suggestion. Haven't changed my mind on that but the more I look at both bird and perch the more I like them. Just wish for a larger version...

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 5, 2011 at 3:04 AM

Cool bird on what looks like a precarious perch, it doesn't look like you had a lot of time to make this photo either. Nice head turn and feather detail. Sweet Photo Danny!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on November 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Fantastic Danny!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 5, 2011 at 3:06 PM

Terrific work.

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Comment posted by May Haga on November 5, 2011 at 4:12 PM

Wonderful capture Danny.
May

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 10, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Wonderful shot - great pose, fine detail and nice perch.
I'd be tempted to clone out the right, oof thistles.
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Danny Laredo on November 10, 2011 at 10:01 PM

Thanks for the comments.
and thank you for the EP

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 11, 2011 at 6:29 PM

Congrats Danny, great image of a beautiful falcon

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