(c) Changeable Hawk-Eagle

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Posted by Andy Elliott on December 4, 2009 at 6:20 PM

I've been absent for a few weeks, so I thought I'd ease back in with a shot from today from the Raptor Foundation - the light was really nice.

Olympus E-3, ISO 200, 1/640s, f3.5 50-200mm @200mm, no cropping, slight burn-in around the bottom and left to 'shape' the light to a pleasing oval.

Posted by Andrew Stagg on December 5, 2009 at 7:34 AM

It is a striking image Andy. There is a very slight softness to some of the feathers that I can't quite put my finger on, perhaps a fraction smaller f stop would help given the shutter speed available.

Andrew

Posted by Andy Elliott on December 5, 2009 at 7:58 AM

It was quite deliberate to keep the shallow DOF - I only wanted the eye area and beak sharp - in this way, it's more standard people portrait stuff rather than natural history. Perhaps a more general sharpness was what was required - I'm not sure.

Andy

Posted by Nick on December 5, 2009 at 8:01 AM

It's a very nice portrait Andy.

Posted by Craig Jones on December 5, 2009 at 8:28 AM

Love the light against the dark BG works really well here Andy,takes it to another level IMO,Beautiful

Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM

Excellent portrait of this magnificent bird Andy.

Andy...

Posted by Colin Crowdey on December 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM

love the effect you have created - suits the subject very well

cheers

Colin

Posted by PhilH on December 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM

Tis indeed a striking portrait of this great looking raptor... If I had any suggestion to improve it would be perhaps a slightly lower viewpoint...

Posted by Andy Elliott on December 6, 2009 at 6:53 AM

Thanks for the comments - a lower viewpoint wasn't possible with this, but I did try to get as low as I could.

Andy

Posted by Fran French on December 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM

A great portrait Andy. The lighting is absolutely superb complimented by the black b/g. Nice one.

Fran