Peregrine Adult

[Doug Brown]

I photographed this adult Peregrine against an ocean BG on an overcast morning a couple of weeks ago. I like the eye contact and wing blur. The drab color palette helps accentuate the color around the eye. 1/800 is about as slow as I go with the Peregrines; to get that I had to shoot wide open and use ISO 1000. The Mark III does a nice job with high ISOs.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/photos/560685184_8swN9-O-1.jpg

Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm, f/4, 1/800, ISO 1000, manual exposure, hand held

[Ramon M. Casares]

Personally I am not a fan of wing's blur although same times I like it, in this case I would've rather to have the bird perfectly frozen but I guess that was not possible given the light conditions you had to handle. Still, a great image, very powerfull, with great light, great angle, excellent detail, BG and comp. Love this species and I hope I can get one of these someday.
Congratulations.

[Brian Barcelos]

Very impressive at such a high ISO. I don't mind the wing blur as it shows this is the fastest recorded animal on Earth. Love the HA and detail in the feathers. Composition is great and so is sharpness. Wouldn't change a thing. Congrats.

Brian

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

sweet pose and beautiful eye contact!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Sweet angle with nice motion blur in the wing tips. Sharp where it counts.

[Stu Bowie]

Super comp, and the angle of flight shows the dorsal view nicely. I like the detail, and the falcon stands out very well against the darker BG. Well captured Doug.

[stephen farmer]

No nits from me,just an excellent photo.


Steve.

[david cramer]

Great angle and eye contact. If you did not do any noise clean up, I'd say the 1D Mark III is fantastic at that iso.

[Kiran Poonacha]

One more beautiful image of this species from you.. Loved the eye contact and blurred wings.. I would sharpen the head a bit as the tail is drawing all the attention...

[David Fletcher]

Did really well. Sharp where it matters. Like the monochromatic colors too. Suits it.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the topside view, monochromatic feel and eye contact. Maybe a tad more contrast?

[Doug Brown]

I thought about more contrast, but this is what the bird looks like Axel.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I actually like the blurred tips here. Wonderful pose Doug. Congrats! :)

[Doug Brown]

I always run noise reduction David, no matter the ISO. The Mark III preserves detail remarkably well at high ISO IMO, and the noise is easily dealt with.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I love these top-down views with open wings. excellent exposure and sure is good performance @ high ISO! I agree the pale light enhanced the beak and face.

[James Salywoda]

Awesome Doug! I like the slight wing blur it gives the image a nice sense of motion. Perfectly Captured.....

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great shot, the eye really stands out, the wing blur actually adds to it.

[Dan Brown]

Great one......O Great one!!!! I like the BG, sharp eye/body,dorsal view and the blurred wing tips:D.

[Chris Kotze]

Super angle showing the top wings and xcellent detail.well captured and exposed

[Krijn Trimbos]

Tomorrow I'm moving to the states!!!;):D IMHO excellent in all respects, lovely top view, good pose, nicely fanned tail, great BG and good HT. Soo cool!

[Marina Scarr]

Hi Doug: Love the head angle here and the fanned tail. Agree with Axel on a tad more contrast or maybe a pop of reds in the feathers to bring out the browns a bit more. Marina

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Love it as is.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

What a top side view of this Peregrine. I love it. Love the shallow but perfectly positioned DOF.

Szimi

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the suggestions and compliments!