Mourning Dove

Gallery: AvianPosted July 2, 2016102 views5 comments

Nothing symbolic about the change from eagles to dove (at least I don't think so). I just finally managed to get a flight shot of one, albeit at more of a distance than I'd really like. they have this nasty habit of doing evasive maneuvers as they come in to land and are very good at eluding my aim. It probably would have helped if I'd zoomed in more but it escaped my aim as I tried to do so.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 283 mm, handheld, f/7.1, 1/3200, iso 800, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 6.7 MP before resizing for the web. Taken June 30th at 7:53 PM.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

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5 comments

Comment posted by Nolan Rowell on July 2, 2016 at 10:09 PM

Great picture. Love the lighting and the sharpness of the image, especially considering how fast doves fly. I may have cropped it down a smidge more, if the sharpness would have held up for it.

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Comment posted by Pramod.Shanbhag on July 2, 2016 at 11:55 PM

A nice action shot, very well processed.

Registered on May 17, 2016, 29 Posts, 68 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 3, 2016 at 1:08 PM

Not that easy to catch doves in flight, for the exact reasons you mention... So, hats off ! Congrats, Hans

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 4, 2016 at 10:28 AM

I like the lighting on this one. Good detail. I might have cropped it a bit more, some off the top and right side.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 4, 2016 at 1:16 PM

I am really enjoying the color in this image. Terrific detail and wing position. I find that Mourning Doves are very hard to get to behave for photography. They are rather elusive so any photograph of one is a good thing.

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