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Juvie Red-tailed Hawks
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Juvie Red-tailed Hawks

by Charlie VanTassel

Gallery: AvianPosted June 26, 20141,122 views4 comments
Backyard shot.

D800
70-200 VR @ 200mm
f8
1/1250
iso 500

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 26, 2014 at 12:06 PM
Wonderful to have two of them in one shot - nice environment as well. Cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 26, 2014 at 12:25 PM
Pretty amazing to get these two in the same frame and pull it off with a 200mm lens. Something odd looks like it happened in post processing. The image feels muddy to me. I took a quick look at the larger version (it does not have an embedded color profile so that could contribute to the issue), and the white point could easily be pushed in via a levels adjustment layer. That adjustment brings some of the image back to life. See what you think.
Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 26, 2014 at 1:50 PM
Yeah, the light wasn't too great and the contrast is kind of high. Here is a crop of one bird that shows things a little cleaner. I pushed the white point up a bit too. Given the lighting and the shadows though, I don't really expect to be able to make this into a great photo.

Actually, the third bird was sitting between them and had just flown off. Drat. I'll get him next time though..... :rolleyes:

Thanks for the input too! :wavey:
Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 26, 2014 at 2:39 PM
Hard light! Still a good (and rare) catch of the two together. :smile:
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments