Crested Caracara ( juv )

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 201186 views5 comments

A shot from my Florida trip in 2010. I had spent the day driving around looking for Crested Caracaras, and was somewhat successful when I came upon an adult and 2 juv in a field by a small pond late in the evening near Lake Okeechobee. This one flew into this area and looked back to see if the other had followed.It flew away as quickly as it came and I only managed to get a few shots.
I like the habitat here, though some may find it distracting,especially the limb at right. I'm interested in what others think.

D300 w/Nikon 200-400mm @ 400mm
f5.6
1/1250
iso 500
EC -.7
hand held

As always your comments and critique are welcomed and appreciated. Large version provided for critique

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 5, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Great pose and nice capture, Doug. Yeah, I agree. That limb at the right is distracting.

Only suggestion I have is cropping.

Sorry about that.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 5, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Excellent, Doug. Lovely late evening light and detail. The log on the right is just a bit distracting, but it helps form the habitat, and I'd leave it in this case.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM

I'm really enjoying the habitat and light on this one Doug - nice head turn to take advantage of that warm light. The limb on the right doesn't bother me a lot

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 6, 2011 at 3:26 PM

Lovely light. The pose and head turn are very nice as is the detail. The limb on the right is a bit of a distraction to me, but it could be toned down rather than cropped to lessen that. I do wish there was better separation between the bird and the brush on the maint branch it is on. Probably just too close even at 5.6. a minor nit on a very nice image.

Registered on April 6, 2004, 119 Posts, 1989 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on April 7, 2011 at 9:03 PM

Great look at this Caracara, Doug. The habitat and stick look fine to me. I like that headturn. Very nice light. Very nice image.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments