Thought it only proper to post one of my favorite images for my 1000th post. This was a captive Ferruginious Hawk that we had the great fortune to photograph as a set up while working with one of our local rehabers. They were kind enough to bring out a great variety of magnificent birds , but this one was my fav. I converted to B&W as I felt the monotone added to the majesty of this creature.
200ISO f5.6 at 1/1250th
Converted in CS3
01-06-2010, 12:06 PM
Axel Hildebrandt
Joe, congratulations on the milestone and great-looking bird that goes with it, and thanks for sharing your work here!
I like the composition, head angle and stern look of the bird.
01-06-2010, 01:07 PM
denise ippolito
Joe, Congrats on the milestone. I have enjoyed viewing your images as well as your critiques. Very nice pose and I like the B&W conversion.
01-06-2010, 01:35 PM
Callie de Wet
A lovely raptor, and looks right in the environment, not captive at all!
01-06-2010, 01:39 PM
Ilija Dukovski
Congratulations on the milestone and the excellent image.
01-06-2010, 01:57 PM
Phil Ertel
Hi Joe, I like the black and white presentation. I agree with Callie de Wet that presentation is very nice and certainly doesn't appear captive. NIce details and pose. Congratulations on your 1000th post. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to seeing many more.
01-06-2010, 02:21 PM
Doug Brown
Majestic-looking bird! Congrats on your 1,000th post Joe! Love the framing, in particular the inclusion of the pine cone at the bottom of the frame.
01-06-2010, 02:42 PM
Manos Papadomanolakis
Congrats on your 1,000th post...beautiful setting,pose,perch
01-06-2010, 02:47 PM
Randy Stout
Joe:
Very nice both from a technical and artistic standpoint. Like the framing elements, the clouds in the BG, nice pose. Congrats on the milestone.
Cheers
Randy
01-06-2010, 04:01 PM
Tony Whitehead
Congratulations, Joe. Great image to celebrate. I especially like the foliage framing.
01-06-2010, 04:19 PM
Arthur Morris
Very nice Joe and thanks and congrats on the 1K. Love the pine tree setting. With the pretty bright light from the hard left the whites could use some more density. A Linear Burn might be in order.
01-06-2010, 04:47 PM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Congratulations...and you chose a very good image for 1000th post. loved the B&W treatment.
01-06-2010, 07:04 PM
Joe Senzatimore
Thanks to all for your kind and constructive comments and your congrats as well.
01-06-2010, 09:25 PM
LouBuonomo
Congrats Joe.. Looks great ! I think I still have pine tar from that perch on my clothes !