Kestrel

Gallery: AvianPosted March 24, 2012234 views3 comments

Sometimes I believe the local refuge Kestrels get the "word" thru their grapevine, when I'm leaving home and they hide. This one however did not get the word yesterday and I was able to get a few shots in before his departure. Morning fog had me using a higher ISO then I prefer and then somehow I moved the f stop to 5.6 when it should have been at f/8.

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canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L + 1.4 TC
F/5.6 1/3600 ISO 1600
auto window beanbag lens rest, CS5, LR 3, NIK's suite

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 24, 2012 at 9:13 PM

A nice pose, composition and background. Not bad at all for the high ISO although some detail has been lost on the crown and face. There's also a strange lighting effect around the kestrel.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on March 25, 2012 at 8:02 AM

Richard,
Thanks for your comment. The "strange lighting effect around the kestrel" is a slight "halo" from using the lighten/darken center NIK filter. For some reason it is seen on this NPN posting while not so much on regular monitor viewing.
Regards, Craig

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 27, 2012 at 1:12 PM

Beautiful image Craig.
May

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