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girisholeti
08-01-2011, 12:03 PM
Was lucky witness this falcon trying to hunt a Roller of almost it's size. The chase was quite thrilling and it was Roller's day. It escaped from becoming breakfast.

Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f4=1.4x TC, ISO 320, f5.6, 1/500 Sec, +1/3 EV

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Chad Caswell
08-01-2011, 01:10 PM
Great image and very nice job not blowing out the "surprise whites" :t3 :eek3:
Kiran Poonacha
08-01-2011, 01:11 PM
Beautiful image Sapta, nice moment captured..:S3:
Vivaldo Damilano
08-01-2011, 02:27 PM
Excellent capture Sapta, love the colours and eye contact. Looks like he is really pushing hard:eek3::bg3:
Kaustubh Deshpande
08-01-2011, 03:10 PM
Loved the details. perfect exposure, high IQ and nice head turn. I find the perch interesting as well. and very interesting behavior :-)
Humberto Ramos
08-01-2011, 03:46 PM
Well done, the bird pose is great, love the eye-contact in this one.
Daniel Cadieux
08-01-2011, 06:09 PM
One Roller may have escaped being breakfast, but looks like this guy had supper the previous evening though!!:bg3: I like the image, good techs, perch, and background (which looks very smooth..did you do anything to it?)
Danny J Brown
08-01-2011, 06:30 PM
This is just a gorgeous image of a bird I have never seen. The light must have been perfect when you made this shot as the colors are wonderful. If I had a choice I'd prefer it without the poop squirt but that's the way they come sometime. Ha!
Sidharth Kodikal
08-01-2011, 10:12 PM
Lovely image Girish. Excellent IQ, pose and bg. Very well done.
Bob Pelkey
08-01-2011, 10:39 PM
The chase before or after the photograph presented? If no more room at right, had you considered taking some off the top? Sweet shot.
Steven Kersting
08-01-2011, 11:13 PM
Great technicals. But, it's time for the clone tool. :e3
girisholeti
08-01-2011, 11:46 PM
Daniel, haven't done anything special to BG but ran NR (neat image) once.

Danny & Steven, I made some shots without Poop but posted this one for August Theme :-)
Steven Kersting
08-02-2011, 12:08 AM
LOL! I was unaware of the theme. I guess this counts. :bg3:
arash_hazeghi
08-02-2011, 02:16 AM
very nice pose and details, the toothpaste serves its purpose too. :bg3:
christopher galeski
08-02-2011, 06:48 AM
great image ,nice lighting,good detail,decent BG,not so keen on the whitewash,well done.
RakeshDhareshwar
08-03-2011, 05:49 AM
:) You caught him at the wrong time ??? Lovely one Girish !!!
Herb Houghton
08-04-2011, 05:55 AM
Beautiful image Sapta, I like the bird's interesting eye contact and nice BGD too