Texas kestrel 5

Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 201685 views8 comments

Another one of my drive by Kestrel images. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/800s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 160

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 20, 2016 at 2:26 PM

Nice and alert pose. The horizontal branch adds some equilibrium to the image for me. Great work, Jerry ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 20, 2016 at 3:18 PM

Beautiful pose on this elusive bird. I've never been able to get this close! cool

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on March 20, 2016 at 3:37 PM

A handsome shot of this gentleman, Jerry. Congratulations on getting this close. In the larger view, thee's some loss of detail in the feathers; I wonder if it is a processingartifact? It's not serious, but it is noticeable. Still a very nice photo.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on March 20, 2016 at 6:40 PM

Jerry: what's not to like. The bird is posed nicely on a diagonal perch. The light is soft and the details in the feathers are excellent. Just a hair soft in the larger view, but still good. Richard

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 21, 2016 at 12:25 PM

Great bird, great perch

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 21, 2016 at 7:52 PM

Very nice Kestrel image Jerry. No nits form me, just congrats ona a fine image.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 21, 2016 at 8:42 PM

Great shot Jerry, I wouldn't change a thing. The comp, pose and perch are all working well together. devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 22, 2016 at 4:31 AM

Jerry,
This is a cracker! devil

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