Crested Caracara

Gallery: AvianPosted February 22, 2013203 views11 comments

This is a shot from Costa Rica. This caracara was building a nest and happened to find some nesting material on the ground when I captured this image:

Techs:

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 L IS with 1.4x TC
1/400 @ f/5.6, ISO 400
About 75% of the full frame

Larger Version provided for a more detailed look

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on February 23, 2013 at 8:03 AM

An exquisite image indeed. The warm earthy colors along with the orange splash across the face I find extremely pleasing.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on February 23, 2013 at 8:27 AM

Good job on the whites and dark areas and the background really sets off the tack sharp Caracara

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on February 23, 2013 at 8:46 AM

Even being a very common bird down here in Brazil, I like that bird a lot.
Pretty nice shot. Great details.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on February 23, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Love the in your face down low POV.

Well done

Might consider clone of several skyward grass stems.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 23, 2013 at 12:13 PM

Sweet light and excellent detail and composition, Keith.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on February 23, 2013 at 1:36 PM

Wonderful image, with a lot of tone-in-tone colors, with the orange beak standing out. Excellent ! Hans

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 23, 2013 at 4:40 PM

Excellent. Nice subject, natural colors, good sharpness and exposure. The sticks in the beak are an added bonus.

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Comment posted by danny hancock on February 23, 2013 at 5:02 PM

beautiful light keith. love the nesting material-that sets it off from just another image. very sharp iq too. can't wait to see some from you.

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Comment posted by May Haga on February 24, 2013 at 9:04 PM

Love the low angle. Nice to capture the bird with nesting material.
May

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 25, 2013 at 3:43 AM

Nice low angle and behaviour Keith

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 1, 2013 at 6:41 PM

Very nice Keith, excellent work!

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