Carunculated Caracara

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 2011129 views11 comments

On my last full day in Ecudador last spring I was offered the wonderful opportunity to visit the beautiful alpine landscape of Antisana. It was windy, rainy and very cold, but the variety of birds and wondrous scenery made up for the miserable conditions.

Canon 40D, 600mm & 1.4x, 1/500, f8, ISO 640

All your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Ken Archer

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 29, 2011 at 3:37 AM

Nice ! Glad you got up to Antisana - what a neat place!
Nice detail here, love the raindrops on him - seen well in the large version.
A little levels/brightness/contrast adjustment might bring out the nice eye more.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on March 29, 2011 at 5:50 AM

Cant get much better.The rain takes this over the top and put's it in a different level

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 29, 2011 at 7:21 AM

Like the setting Ken. Great detail considering the less than ideal conditions.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 29, 2011 at 9:09 AM

he doesn't look too happy here, Ken! love the rain, and lots of character in this shot.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 29, 2011 at 10:01 AM

I love images taken in the rain, so this one already has a lot of appeal for me Ken, especially the way you've also managed to capture the raindrops that are apparently bouncing off the subject's back :^)

I think you've done an amazing job with this under the given circumstances; the exposure is great and feather detail is well defined to my eye. All round, a great image to look at :^)

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 29, 2011 at 2:58 PM

Ken, this is one very cool looking bird! I like your choice of SS....it really helps show the rainy conditions. I do think you might be able to pull just a touch more detail out of the blacks without introducing any noise or changing the feeling of the scene, but opinion will of course vary from monitor to monitor brightness.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM

Excellent detail Ken. I really like the rain bouncing off its back. Wonderful capture under these conditions.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 29, 2011 at 8:56 PM

This is great, Ken. The rain bouncing off of the back really takes this over the top.. Nice detail in the larger post. Especially considering the shooting conditions.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 29, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Sweet shot Ken. That's one wet caracara, love the feel of the rain in this one.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 30, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Nice representation of the conditions-not just for the bird, but for you too. Beautiful colors and I like the rain.

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 30, 2011 at 12:37 PM

Interesting bird, great pose. I love the rain and the water splashing off the back.

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