Falco rufigularis

Gallery: AvianPosted January 3, 2013159 views14 comments

Falco rufigularis, I believe it's a male.
Ibiraci, Minas Gerais. Brazil.

I've removed a branch from the photo.

Date Time Original 2012:12:24 16:01:45
Exposure Time 1/160
F Number f / 4.50
Exposure Program Aperture priority
ISO Speed Ratings 640
Metering Mode Spot
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length 420mm
White Balance Auto white balance
Model Canon EOS 7D
Lens EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM

A beautiful bird. Looks like you have great details in the plumage. The only area of concern for me is the head. It looks very dark with little feather detail showing. I'm guessing that a little work on the raw image to bring up the detail in just the black would solve the problem. Nice image.

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Comment posted by Verdon on January 3, 2013 at 10:55 AM

wow what a beauty, love the pose and background, well done

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 3, 2013 at 12:59 PM

Beautiful falcon, Jefferson. Excellent detail in the plumage. It looks like there might be a bit of processing artifact in the lower right corner-did you clone something out there?

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on January 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM

Hi Dennis,
yes, I had to clone some branch out.
Thanks for commenting...

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 3, 2013 at 7:26 PM

Nice angle and good detail

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on January 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM

A most striking looking Falcon beautifully captured .

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on January 3, 2013 at 10:12 PM

Great capture of this magnificent bird. Beautiful background. Well done Jefferson !

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 3, 2013 at 11:34 PM

What a beautiful bird! Love the plumage on this guy, and you've done a nice job in capturing it in what looks like fairly low light.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on January 5, 2013 at 7:02 PM

Interesting bird and great eye contact.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 5, 2013 at 10:22 PM

What a gorgeous bird! Very fine image - nice pose and detail. A bit of lost detail in the head, as Keith mentionned, but should be easy to recover.
Very excellent shot!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 6, 2013 at 9:48 AM

Wonderful and exciting species. Very well captured as well ! Congrats, Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on January 6, 2013 at 4:01 PM

Very nice. Agree with Keith's suggestion. Love to see a repost with the change.

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Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on January 7, 2013 at 6:21 PM

What a superb bird, and a very nice shot too! Lovely smooth bg, and would be even better with Keith's suggestion.

Oscar

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on January 7, 2013 at 7:55 PM

Thank you all for the comments.
I've worked a bit in the head, not sure if that what you guys suggested. I actually worked from the beginning in the raw file, which means the final image is a new jpeg.

Hopefully it's better now. Let me know your thoughts.

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