..... Cooper's Hawk VS Rock Pigeon .....

[Martin Isabelle]

Hi Evreybody

This week-end

Sorry my english is really bad :( ... just for sharring ...

Modèle d'appareil Canon EOS 7D
Firmware Firmware Version 1.1.0
Date/heure de prise de vue 2009-12-05 15:09:31
Tv (Vitesse obturateur) 1/400
Av (Priorité à l'ouverture) 8.0
Mode de mesure Mesure d'évaluation
Correction d'exposition +1/3
Sensibiltié ISO 800
Focale 800.0mm
Flash Off (éteint)


:D Merci d'avoir regardé ;)

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[Danny J Brown]

Hi Martin - Awesome image of an intense Cooper's Hawk with prey. The eye color is dead on as I've taken a few of these images myself - none this good! The bokeh line crosses the neck area of the bird causing a slight distraction but not too bad. Also, I believe you could work on the contrast and brightness a little more to make this image pop right off the screen. By the way, this shot is tack sharp!

[Harshad Barve]

Some images dont need words my friend :)
Spectacular image , techs looks nice , Compo and BG are spot on
TFS

[Dave Leroy]

LOvely looking photo and a very timely capture. I like Danny's idea of a bit more post processing and it would be really nice. Very well done as is. Dave

[Roy Priest]

Awesome shot of an adult coopers. I like it as is, great representation of what they really look like. Well done.
C'est magnifique, formidable,

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic capture!! As suggested by others this excellent image needs some basic processing. In this repost I cropped a bit tighter, boosted up levels, contrast, colour saturation, applied cooling filter and saved as sRGB. I haven't seen this bird in the wild so I am not sure about the colours but I am sure others will comment.

[Jan Fourie]

like this action here,with nice pose,eye contact but I think saturation was too much
jan

[Stephen Stephen]

Bienvenue Martin. I love the pose and the intensity of the bird's eye.

J'aurais fier d'avoir prendre cette photo. Félicitations!

[Kiran Poonacha]

I would prefer something inbetween the two posts, great image this, the pose is to die for and the angle make this work so well.. Big congrats..

[Mike Veltri]

Great looking shot, with the coopers the clear victor. I have seen these birds with orange eyes, and adults with red. The edit looks too over saturarted on my monitor.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Would brighten the original post just a wee bit . How I wish this was mine !!!!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

WOW. You should post more Martin. Loved the pose...it seems like he is really crushing the prey. The feather details in the prey are also very good. Awesome bokeh.

[Keith Bauer]

Really nice image. Great look on the Cooper's face. The repost is far too oversaturated in my opinion.

[Mike Lentz]

The Pigeon never wins in these deals!
I agree, the re-post is too saturated... but appreciate seeing others offering to help out.

[Declan Troy]

Salut Martin,

Wow, that is a striking pose by the Cooper's. Colors look best in the original post but a bit of tweaking is would help. Poor head angle on the pigeon ;-)

[Don Anderson]

Perfect pose.. showing the successful hunt. Hes got some attitude..
Love it!

[Guy Germain]

Great capture.

I prefer the original version of Martin.

Guy

[Arthur Morris]

Ofer's repost is better but a bit too saturated for me. I love the image and am envious but if you had put your lens right on the ground I would likely have had to have you killed....

[Varun Bellie]

Fabulous picture, great pose, Head turn, with the kill shows the power of the bird

[Nate Chappell]

Great moment you captured well here Martin, something about halfway in between the two posts would work well for my tastes. Congrats!