Falco peregrinua brookei Portrait (c)

[shane shacaluga]

Another from the raptor recovery center. This subspecies shows a peach coloured breast and reddish markings around the head similar to the Barbary falcons

D7000
105mm micro
f4
1/160
ISO 400

Cropped for composition and usual levels and selective colour adjustments. NR on background

Comments are most welcome

Thanks for viewing

[David Salem]

What a great looking Brookei Shane. Similar to the Barbary but it dose not have as much rust color on the nape. A very nice looking adult falcon. If you are not opposed to cloning you may want to clean up the tip of her beak. This unrefined beak is due to being in captivity and eating softer captive bred quail. A wild bird would have a very sharp beak and a more pronounced tomial tooth from eating more bone from the wild quarry. The frame definitely needs another round of sharpening as presented. Well done

[shane shacaluga]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions David. They are impressive looking falcons!

Here is a repost with a bit more sharpening and cloned beak tip

Hope this looks more natural

Regards

[Daniel Cadieux]

It is indeed a beautiful specimen, and you lined it up with an appealing BG. The bill looks better in the repost for sure. Unfortunately the head is soft perhaps due to movement (and also likely a bit oof - critical focus seems to be on the far wing).

[shane shacaluga]

I agree with you Daniel, i checked the RAW up close and the face is soft. My RP seems oversharpened too so tried and inbetween version using Lensblur option in Smart Sharpen to see if that helped

[David Salem]

Shane,
The tip of the Beak definitely looks much better and more like a wild Falcon but as Daniel mentioned it still looks soft on both reposts. It looks better but for a portrait like this it needs to be Real sharp. Focus was on the far wing. If this were a wider angle comp it might be more acceptable. Nice work

[shane shacaluga]

Here is the original frame

on hindsight i may have been overstretching the cropping capacity of a crop sensor :)

[Raybel Robles]

I like the composition and the great BG. But I agree the details are lacking a bit for such a close up shot.