Texas Nighthawk 2

Gallery: AvianPosted May 26, 201668 views7 comments

I found the Nighthawk again. This time he was awake. 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
1/200s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 320

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 26, 2016 at 9:53 PM

Nice detail in the nighthawk and post. If you've got it in the original I'd trade some off the top for more of the post at the bottom. I'd also consider warming this up a little and/or boosting the saturation to get a little more color in the image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 26, 2016 at 10:12 PM

Excellent, Jerry. Beautiful detail in the larger image, and I love the eye. I never realized they had such a differently shaped eye.

devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 27, 2016 at 11:31 AM

Great find and capture, Jerry. I agree with Rich that it appears just a bit washed out, but otherwise very nice.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 27, 2016 at 2:01 PM

I like this as posted Jerry and that eye is pretty cool too.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 27, 2016 at 6:49 PM

I had to look several times at this because of the eye. This is a fascinating bird was very interesting feather pattern. I think you did a really good job getting the details down. Wish the perch was more interesting but you get what you can do something like this.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 28, 2016 at 12:13 PM

Nice pose of the nightjar (or -hawk) and pleasant subdued colors. Would love to see one someday ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 28, 2016 at 1:30 PM

Nice find! The wood and barbed wire add a lot of interest.
A little contrast boost and this would "pop". I'd also move him a little higher and to the right, if you have room.
Sweet image!
Sandy

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