Goshawk Take-off

[Rudi van den Heever]

Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Equipment: Canon 7D and 500mm F4 L lens
Settings: 1/1600s at F5.6 and ISO 1600
Processing: RAW conversion in LR4 with NR to BG, selective burning of branches and wing, resizing and sharpening in CS6

I know the shadow line on the head takes away a bit, but pretty chuffed with the image seeing it was taken with a Canon 7D at ISO 1600...

[Rudi van den Heever]

Sorry guys! I processed this image a while back, recognized some flaws and reprocessed it today... I mistakenly uploaded the "old" image tonight, so please ignore this thread!

I will post the "new" image tomorrow once my 1440 minute waiting period has lapsed...

[PhilCook]

Any image of these is a god one imo , rarely see them here as they tend to skulk in the trees unseen,.........great action captured, love the backdrop, but not so keen on the strong blue hue on the back

[Rudi van den Heever]

Hi Phil... Thanks for the thought! But like I have indicated above... This is the wrong image that I uploaded and will upload the correct one tomorrow. Sure you will note from tomorrow's image that the blue hue/cast has been corrected...

[Marina Scarr]

You should be able to repost it right here underneath this one WITHOUT the waiting period, as long as you use the same thread.