Aplomado Falcon - Bosque del Apache

[Robert Amoruso]

According to Alfred Forns, the Aplomado Falcon pictured here has been reintroduced at Bosque. Taken 11/20/07 while co-leading on Artie's Bosque IPTs.

Canon 1D Mark IIn
Canon 600mm f/4 IS with 2x TC (1200mm)
1/1600 sec, f/8, Manual, ISO: 400

[Maxis Gamez]

The BG on this one is on fire! Love the details and pose Rober!

[Arthur Morris]

Love the pose. Looks a bit too saturated for my tastes.

Later and love, artie

[Judd Patterson]

Beautiful little falcon! Really love that pose too.

[Robert Amoruso]

Artie,

I knew you would say that. I actually back down the saturation on this.:)

Next time around I will do some noise correction on the BG.


Love the pose. Looks a bit too saturated for my tastes.

Later and love, artie

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent pose Robert !!!! It really pops out of the screen Might back down saturation but do like it as presented !!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome pose and wonderful timing in this image Robert and an excellent BG too.

[D. Robert Franz]

Great pose and timing on the shutter.. A bit warm.. But I like it and would love to see these birds.

[George DeCamp]

A really cool looking bird and well captured Robert. Nits aside, love the BG and the pose!

[Fabs Forns]

Plumsy looks great in that pose.

Actually, he cannot be counted in your birding list since he was hand-raised so it belongs in the Captive Forum. This time we'll let it go, but the next ones, and I hope to see more :) should go there.

Actually, that background looks a lot like mine posted in HoM, maybe just a bit saturated.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like it as is, particularly pose and BG. I've never seen this species and don't know whether it is oversaturated.

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Robert, Great pose and bg, Great bird too. The bird may have been captive, but it's wild and free at the time this image was made.

[Jody Melanson]

Beautiful pose with the upraised wings, Robert! Lovely BG colour, maybe run the BG selectively through noise reduction?