Lanner Falcon!

[Richard Flack]

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Same set of frames as a previous image but different background (& also processed it a little differently). Look forward to your comments!
Location: Polentswa Waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Date taken: 11 June 2013
Photo details:
Canon 7D, 400mm f2.8
ISO 640
Shutter speed 1/6400
F stop 6.3
Exposure bias -0.3
Sharpening for web, slight lens blur to background, improved shadows under wings

[gail bisson]

Great bird and nice flight pose.
The light ws quite harsh but your PP in the underwing shadows looks good.
The BG is quite bright and i would selectively reduce the brightness.
I am not a fan of blurring the BG but this looks OK. There is a bit of that "ground glass effect" in the BG from heat shimmer but I cannot advise on how to get rid of it.Perhaps someone can help,
Gail

[David Salem]

Nice sequence you caught Richard. This one looks good too. I like the HA and the wing position isnt bad either. Nice job on the shadow under the wing and it dose not look to noisy, so good going.
I also don't like blurring the BG but this looks pretty good. The shot looks great overall.

[Richard Flack]

Thanks so much David and Gail. Appreciate you taking the time. Out of interest what do you do to reduce noise on the background? And why don't you like lens blur? Thanks in advance