Sparrowhawk against Kestrel - take 2

Gallery: AvianPosted September 28, 20052,028 views7 comments

One more of my series of these two juvenile raptors chasing each other. This pic. is the one just before the last one I posted!

Taken in Falsterbo, Sweden.

Only cropped a bit and USM.

20D + 500/4 IS + tc1.4; Iso400, f7.1 and 1/1600.Camera on tripod, focusing on the hunting kestrel, when suddenly the hawk came along!

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on September 28, 2005 at 8:08 AM

Helge,

great action shot and what a luck with the hawk com ing in

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Comment posted by Colin Smale on September 28, 2005 at 12:07 PM

I like this one much better than the first, love the SH wing spread against the desperate flap of Kes. Great stuff Helge.

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Comment posted by Garth McElroy on September 28, 2005 at 1:25 PM

Cool! A touch soft but a little more USM might help that.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Danzenbaker on September 28, 2005 at 8:34 PM

Wow, Helge, this is fantastic! It's hard enough to get a good shot of a single raptor in flight.

I think this one's on an equal footing with your earlier post (which I missed until you mentioned it was there).

If these were mine I might apply a bit more sharpening.

Registered on December 2, 2003, 40 Posts, 791 Comments

Comment posted by Helge Sorensen on September 29, 2005 at 10:04 AM

Thanks for the comments - they are very much appreciated! I'm afraid that the apparent softness is a result of blur. In this version I tried with a bit more USM, hope it's better ?

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Comment posted by Duane Rosenkranz on September 29, 2005 at 10:12 PM

Very cool shot
Duane Rosenkranz

Registered on October 13, 2004, 280 Posts, 2661 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on September 29, 2005 at 10:31 PM

Nice improvement on a very cool shot!!!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 36 Posts, 1110 Comments