Caracara Portrait

Gallery: AvianPosted January 16, 2011135 views16 comments

Here's another image of a Crested Caracara from San Bernard NWR outside of Houston. I found this guy on the ground and since he was standing in a rather uninteresting spot, I chose to crop in to a vertical portrait. This is about 50% of full frame.

Canon 7D, 600 MM, 1/4000 @ f4.0, ISO 200
Manual exp., spot metered, no flash, not baited.
Shot from car window on bean bag.

Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 16, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Stately portrait!
I wonder if this was a large crop- lots of detail loss in the larger image.
Great to catch this guy, though.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 16, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Such a regal looking bird. Love how he stands out from the background. Nice portrait.

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Comment posted by Dolph McCranie on January 16, 2011 at 9:51 PM

Nice portrait very regal looking like the limited dof.
Dolph

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 16, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Wonderful pose for this portrait. A little soft in the white feathers, but still a pleasure to view. Sharon

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 16, 2011 at 11:14 PM

Rather noble looking in this presentation, Randy. Beautiful light and excellent detail. There does appear to be a problem with detail in the larger image-but I suspect it's a processing issue.

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on January 16, 2011 at 11:57 PM

I like the pose in this portrait, and the colors are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 17, 2011 at 1:48 AM

Super portrait. The issue with the larger version has been mentioned.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 17, 2011 at 5:44 AM

Thjis bird looks too proud to scavenge. Its a great portrait imo, its full of character and pleasing tones. Don't know what happened to the larger version, but the effect is painting-like.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM

Randy,
I really like the portrait of this regal bird.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 17, 2011 at 10:11 AM

I like the comp on this portrait a lot Randy. Agree with others about the loss of detail on the large version.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on January 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Nice portrait shot! Larger version is not as sharp and detailed as the post size.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on January 17, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Very nice portrait Randy. The small post looks awesome. Nice head turn and great background. The large version looks like you are right at the limit of such an extreme crop.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 18, 2011 at 12:08 AM

Really regal looking portrait of this bird. It feels painted..Lovely. Background as cropped is very nice and complimentary. Just amazing detail in the bird on the larger image. Your luck at San Bernard has been way better than mine.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 18, 2011 at 6:37 AM

Like the regal pose and dark shades Randy

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 18, 2011 at 6:54 AM

Randy,

It is a regal looking portrait of this Caracara, I like the pose and eye contact. The larger version looks like it had NR applied to it as I am not seeing much detail.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on January 18, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Exceptional detail. A simply wonderful portrait. Excellent work Randy.

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