Peregrine Falcon " Check out them Talons"

[James Salywoda]

Peregrine Falcon
SoCal

Taken last week as this Peregrine was out looking for a meal.:)


Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1600 F7.1 ISO 400

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Raymond Barlow]

awesome Jim., what a great shot! the look, and the talons are killer.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great launch pose, Jim - plane of focus seems mainly on trunk/talons leaving the bill and head a bit soft. Difficult to increase DOF while maintaining SS. ISO 800 may have gained you a stop without too much of a noise cost. I like the slight motion blur in the wing tips.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool take-off pose and sharpness, I also like the dangling feet and only wish for wing/trunk separation.

[Doug Brown]

The dangling talons are very cool (and pointy!). I would give this image a little contrast boost.

[Arthur Morris]

Killer pose and talons. If he had been on the end of the perch the merge would have been avoided. Still spectacular and killer sharp.

[denise ippolito]

Awesome James! I love the talons dangling too. Really sharp and the take off is great.Well done.

[Harshad Barve]

talk about the talons :D
Spectacular pose
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Well timed for the take off James, and love the eye contact from head on. You can just see those talons wrapped around his prey. Well captured.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the incoming pose, sure the talons makes the image Bhai, congrats..

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great take off mate! Love the pose and those talons. Look out if you try to handle an injured one! :)