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Kestrel-Falco tinnunculus

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 21, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Kestrel-Falco tinnunculus
Went out again today to try and get some shots of the Bittern i posted yesterday. He only showed up once but stayed quite hidden. So i moved on and went to look for other species and found this willing Kestrel of whom i was able to shoot a lovely series.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 9
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: +2
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm (incl. crop factor)
Handheld from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own Sharpening mix
Bibble Pro/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Shadow-Highlight plug-in

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Posted by jack chapman on January 21, 2009 at 2:43 PM
that is really good, i like everything about it, the colours, the position and the gradient behind the bird
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Nice work, I like the graded BG colour of the sky.. Works well and superb detail on the subject as always..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on January 21, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Hi Jeroen a cool looking image with great detail.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 21, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Hello Jeroen.

Excellent capture, and great detail.

Still trying to get this shot hopefully it'll come one day.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on January 21, 2009 at 3:40 PM
nice image with cracking detail on the underside. Like the graduation of the sky.

cheers

Colin
Posted by Lee Newman on January 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Fantastic flight shot with great details. Well taken.
Was the Kestrel hovering when you took the shot?

Lee
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Excellent image.
Robert
Posted by Ian Haskell on January 21, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Nice overall image and composition - nice flight pose and all the detail in the wings can be seen nicely. I feel that the bottom of the image is a little too white and maybe needs a slight correction. :smile:

Ian
Posted by Drew Mellowship on January 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM
That is really good work, well done Jeroen !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Danny Green on January 22, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Very nice Jeroen.

Danny :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on January 22, 2009 at 4:43 AM
I like this, the pose is excellent......

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 22, 2009 at 5:58 AM
Thanks for your comments so far!
To Lee: Yes the bird was hovering besides my car at a 45 degree angle.
To Ian: I can still see some very light coloured blue at the bottom of the image so i do not think that a correction is needed but as allways different screens tell different stories.. :wink:

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by John Chapman on January 22, 2009 at 6:13 AM
This is Superb Jeroen. :toast:
Posted by Cliff Young on January 22, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Jeroen, super shot, well composed. :toast: Cliff
Posted by Barry Southon on January 22, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Jeroen

A superb flight shot such detail.

Barry :wink:
Posted by Scott Tilley on January 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM
A super shot, he looks a bit perplexed :rolleyes: Had you per chance parked over the top of his vole? :biggrin:

Scott
Posted by Ray on January 22, 2009 at 11:32 AM
An excellent capture, I scene we all to often see in our daily lives but. all too rarely stop, if legally allowed, to appreciate.

A superb shot, well seen and excecuted.
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 22, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Very nice Jeroen - funny how all the best shots of this behaviour I've seen are when people have been out to photograph something else!!

Pays to be flexible!

:toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Edwin kats on January 22, 2009 at 1:04 PM
A bird that looks like an angle. Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 22, 2009 at 1:25 PM
A great subject to photograph, and this is a great photograph of it too.
Posted by David Sewell on January 23, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Not what you set out to do, but a superb picture, which you must have been delighted with.

David