Peregrine 2

Gallery: AvianPosted November 7, 2011233 views6 comments

Another shot of the Peregrine Falcon - unfortunately a bigger crop than I would have liked. If I'd had the TC on it would have been a much better shot, though it's likely I never woud have gotten it with the slow focus of that combo and the brilliantly fast peregrine. I'm also curious if the tree in the background is too much of a distraction.

Nikon D300s 300 f4 HH
f/5
1/5000s
ISO 400
-.33 EC

Cropped to 25% of original, sharpened using smart sharpen in CS5 on 27" iMac

- Luke

decoy used

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Scott Frye on November 7, 2011 at 10:01 PM

I like the wing action -- the trees in the back do not bother me -- but -- I would clone ot the far right tree

Registered on February 3, 2007, 387 Posts, 1136 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Great fortune to get any sort of photo of this uncommon and magnificent bird. I think that the image is made stronger by the presence of the background trees, although a thicker forest would have been even better potentially. I say this not because you had some sort of control over this, but merely as you asked about the trees at all. You must have achieved perfect focus on the bird because it has held up quite well to the major crop.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on November 8, 2011 at 8:07 AM

Branches don't bother me, I like the wing position.

Ray

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

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 8, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Great flight pose and POV Luke, love that head position as he looks straight at you.
I think the well OOF vertical branches are a plus rather than a minus here

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hahn on November 8, 2011 at 9:18 PM

Luke,

Great picture, no surprise there. I think that the oof trees make the Falcon stand out more. I like the wing action & that it is looking at you.

Registered on August 16, 2007, 14 Posts, 151 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on November 8, 2011 at 10:05 PM

Very difficult and excellent capture here. I like the detail and the trees. I leave the right one in, for balance. There is a spot along the bottom border about half way that could disappear.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments