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Kerry Perkins
06-02-2012, 03:25 PM
Captured in a wooded canyon north of Malibu, California (Sycamore Canyon). Late afternoon light. Cropped for composition, but not rotated. The perch was horizontal, which is a little different.

7D, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/500 ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash
Jack Breakfast
06-02-2012, 04:27 PM
Handheld at 1/500 is very impressive! Nice looking mocko too...
jack williamson
06-02-2012, 05:56 PM
Very good feather detail and eye contact, bg and perch are fine as is contrast.

Jack
Kerry Perkins
06-02-2012, 05:56 PM
Jack, it's less impressive when I tell you that was a "copy and paste" mistake. The shutter speed was 1/2000. Oops! Dang, I can't edit my post now.
Jack Breakfast
06-02-2012, 07:25 PM
Sure, but it's a nice picture no matter what...
Kerry Perkins
06-02-2012, 08:45 PM
Thanks Jack!
dankearl
06-03-2012, 12:12 AM
Really great image quality, Kerry. About as good as it gets.
Very nice.
Austin Thomas
06-03-2012, 05:41 AM
Super quality with great detail in the bird. Nice BKGR as well.

I might have cropped a little more off the right and bottom to move his eye off centre.

Cheers

Austin
Bill Dix
06-03-2012, 08:33 AM
Nice afternoon light on the bird, and I like the weathered perch and the bg.