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Superb image David, awesome details, the prey item, the clean BG and nice perch makes this image. You are lucky to go back to the same spot and am glad you found him again! Well done. Cheers,
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Hi David, the dragon fly looks so big in this image! great details and colors. If you have more room, a little more on the top and left for me. This guy must have been a migrant since he stayed only for a few days and gone. TFS. Loi
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Loi, Yes the dragonfly looks pretty big but he caught even bigger ones that I have shots of but this one is cool because he is holding it up so the wings can be seen nicely. Thanks again.
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Very nice image of the kestrel. The bird and the dragonfly are pefectly sharp, the HA is good with an awesome BG. Well done David and thanks for sharing
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Outstanding - love the light reflected off the dragonfly wings. Regards, Ian
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David I would have been happy with just the Dragonfly, the whole image is excellent.
Cheers Keith.
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Your dragonfly is in the perfect position to really make this image special. Of course, the raptor, perch and perfect BG don't hurt it either.
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How cool is that! Very thoughtful of this kestrel to pay you a visit again. You could not have asked for a better position on the dragonfly. Looks like there may be a bit of masking bleeding on eh perch edges on the lower part, but man I am drooling over this image!
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Awesome capture and perfect light too!
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Stunning shot. How nice of the dragonfly to give you a perfect wing spread. Not to mention the head angle of the kestrel, the perch and bg. Hoping to see more of him, and his lady.
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Just too good, David. Super frame.
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Hi David,
This is a great image. I really like that the dragonfly is parallel in the frame. I would only consider maybe running a bit of noise reduction to the background? Greta job.
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If there is a perfect image this is it. Everything... bird, perch, prey and background work so well together. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
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Thanks so much everyone for the nice comments. I'm glad you guys and gals like the frame. I will post some more of him soon.
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You know you can't go wrong with such a sweet image of a usually very difficult species to get close and eye level with. The dragonfly is very cool! The falcon is posed nicely on the perch, especially in regards to the tail clearing and not transecting the perch.
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What can I say great capture image and bg rocks
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You must have treated him well last year then! Great shot all round but its the positioning of the dragonfly that gives the final polish
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WOW!!!!! Amazing composition, everything came together in this image. Incredible IQ, especially handheld. Congrats!
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Stunning image David. Love the wing spread of the dragonfly... perfect! And really like the clean perch and BG. Techs and light look super. All round cracker image. Well done!
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All been said. I,ll be a spoilsport and say a little something in the background would raise it for me. Still a superb take though.
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Hi Dave, a bit late to the party, and I would celebrate this shot too. Excellent detail and sharpness, and his catch, especially showing its wingspread a real bonus. Big congrats.
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Thanks again everyone !!
In those five days I shot thousands of frames. Many with dragonflies in his feet as he was eating them, but when he picked his head up with this one in his beak, I knew it was a special frame the second I hit the shutter button. Well, actually it was right after I looked on the LCD to confirm it was sharp.
Thanks.
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David an exceptionally good image so detailed and a wonderful pose with the prey.
It is such a good shot that I hesitate to make any suggestions but I think I would consider a slightly smaller crop i.e. make the bird a little smaller in the frame, also perhaps desaturate and lighten the background slightly to have the effect of reducing contrast. Having tried that I may well of course just revert back to the original.
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Wow, what an awesome image David! One of the best bird images I have seen for a while.
I'm seeing a brown halo around the bird, perch and dragonfly - easily fixed with a bit of work in PS.
Fantastic work!
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Ah, everything has been said. Amazing image! Congratulations.
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Outstanding capture. Congratulations!
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Wow! 31 comments in less than 24 hours! Must be a new record.
Well done,
gail
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Just like to add my congratulations to this thread for a SUPERB image! Sharon
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everything has been said Dave, an excellent frame by all counts
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Beautifully sharp image David. Beautiful position on the prey.
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Superb image David. Well done.
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Wow! Thanks so much everyone. I,m glad you fine folks like it as much as I do and I greatly appreciate all the comments. It's going on the wall of a fish and game office along with 7 other pieces in a 36"X24" giclee canvas format.
Thanks again.
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What a superb shot, David! Love the pose, prey, perch, exposure, BG and HA! Very well done!!
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Pretty nice raptor and the insect makes the image even more intense! I would run NR on BG as is a bit noisy, head angles is not optimal and light seems a tad harsh. All in all an very good image.
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William, I just changed to Photoshop CC on a new computer and didn't change my signature to the brush tool yet. Thanks, I will do that before my next post.
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Thanks again everyone.
Juan, thats the one thing that I wish this shot had, a bit better HA, but you take what you can get!! Thanks.
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