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"Blondie" Part II

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 30, 2008 at 7:14 AM
"Blondie" Part II
Hi Guys,

Here's another shot i took of this lovely "blond" lady....

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: F 10
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: -1 1 /3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 1000
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 +1.4 TC
Focal length:1092 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening

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Posted by Andy Astbury on January 30, 2008 at 8:06 AM
And very nice she looks too Jeroen :toast:

Congratulations on the IWP win btw - that runner-up portfolio was stiff competition - well done :wavey:
Posted by Andy Bate on January 30, 2008 at 8:48 AM
nice phot and yes, well done, keep it up!
Posted by jacqui on January 30, 2008 at 9:00 AM
A beautiful photograph

I had one like this in the garden yesterday, I watched as it flew down to get a rodent of some sort, But as I moved over he flew off :-(

Jacqui
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 30, 2008 at 9:13 AM
Hi Jeroen,

I really like this pose - its like something has grab its attention! Brilliant.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments (and compliments on the IWP award) so far!
Last year i had a Buzzard wich after 3 months of carefull approaching on a daily basis i could get within 4 to 5 meters from him to photograph him. This year however he did not return to his territory and so i went to get some shots of this lighter version as this one is also approachable upto 6 to 8 meters.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Loads of buzzards over here but cant get within 100m of them-very shy for some reason, Love the pose and background colors-shame about the white blob in the background but thats life

Dave :toast:
Posted by Brian McGeough on January 30, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Fantastic looking bird, pictures not bad either :wink:

Cheers
Brian
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 30, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Fantastic image.

Love it :toast: :toast:

ps - Congrats regards the IWP aswell :smile: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on January 30, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Beautiful.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 30, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Love the colours on this one Jeroen - even better image than yesterdays imo.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Paul Ashton on January 30, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Lovely composition and detail.
It's images like this that make me get out and try harder.
Posted by Jim Greenfield on January 30, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Terrific - beautiful shot
Posted by Ian Andrews on January 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Of the two, this is certainly the superior image (IMHO) :wink:

Ian :smile:
Posted by Graeme Lee on January 30, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Top quality image Jeroen. I like this a lot more than part 1, but wish I had part one in my bag! You should enter competitions I reckon! :wink:

:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 31, 2008 at 4:37 AM
Great picture. I like the pose and the bright colours very much.