A Peregrine Falcon juvenile from this summer. I thought the pose fit the holiday! Happy holidays everyone!
http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Ani...05_PQth2-O.jpg
Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm, f/4, 1/800, ISO 640, manual exposure, hand held
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A Peregrine Falcon juvenile from this summer. I thought the pose fit the holiday! Happy holidays everyone!
http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Ani...05_PQth2-O.jpg
Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm, f/4, 1/800, ISO 640, manual exposure, hand held
Technically perfect with a great head angle. Was it Santa or a plane?
I like a lot this shot. Nice colors, great details and superb DOF.
Nice pose, beautiful background and sharp, a perfect picture!
Doug-
Sharp. Great pose. Exposed well and just Well Done.
I got a chuckle out of this.
Super in always Doug. I didn't know Santa was a female (mom).
gary
Merry Christmas to you and your family
lovely image with nice head position and BG, Looks little soft near talons or its just to me
TFS
wonderful pose, background, and great eye focus. Does look soft on the lower feathers to me too but I'm assuming that is due to the light you had to work with.
Allen
Have a great Christmas and New Years Doug...as always lovely image
Happy Holidays Doug, wish you a successful new year making lots of good photographs.
Hi Allen, And welcome. The lower feathers are softer than the face and eye because they are well beyond the plane of focus (the eye to be precise) and at f/4 there is nowhere near enough d-o-f to cover them. So the soft focus is due directly to the aperture not to the light. And most importantly, the image is sharp where it needs to be, on the eye. And it works very well for me.
I like this very much and would be very proud of it....well done Doug.
Seasons greetings to ou Bhai, loved the HA here, really make him look cute..