Female Kestrel

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8 replies

Posted by Andy Elliott on November 8, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Taken at the Raptor Foundation, but of one of the local wild birds that very often comes down to investigate the captive birds!

Posted by Andy Snape on November 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM

Pops out the background which is a little fussy but cant do much about that, well done Andy

Posted by Maggie Campbell on November 8, 2009 at 4:46 PM

Almost looks 3D. Agree with Andy about the background but I'm sure you know birds rarely do what they are told

Posted by Ian Mason on November 8, 2009 at 4:53 PM

The bird is sharp and details are good. If this isn't already cropped, I would do so to lessen the impact of the background.

Posted by Ian Haskell on November 8, 2009 at 5:40 PM

Yeah nice, looks a bit 3D as Maggie has said.

Ian

Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 8, 2009 at 6:04 PM

Nice shot Andy

Any minor nits already covered with regard to the background.

Posted by Andy Elliott on November 10, 2009 at 4:35 AM

Thanks, folks. Shot @f3.5 - probably could have gone for f2.8 and kept the whole bird in whilst losing the background more. The Zuiko 300/2.8 is a stellar lens - just panning it on a gimbal is the only tricky thing!

Andy

Posted by Andy Elliott on November 10, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Here's a tweaked version, slightly more contrast, softened background

Posted by Andy Elliott on November 10, 2009 at 6:18 AM

This time with the image...