Crested Caracara Head Throw

[Diane Miller]

Still working on shots from south Texas in February. Canon 5D3, 600mm f/4 II, ISO 800, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec. The usual adjustments in LR5, and into CS6 for a little work with masked curves and some low-opacity cloning on a couple of spots in the BG. Much more of a crop than I'd like -- 35% of the original horizontal frame, with some off the sides and top.

C&C always appreciated!

[John Robinson]

Hi Diane
For what its worth I think ths is a superb image. Great detail and a great behavioral shot. With a BG with a hint of something. I cannot believe this has so little attention.- but who am I ?
Good stuff
JohnR

[christopher galeski]

Great image,nice head back pose,sharp with good detail,love the BG,nice perch and light.well done.

[shane shacaluga]

Original pose on this one. Nice details showing considering the crop. Composition works for me and also liking the BG

Any idea what it was doing?

TFS

[Marina Scarr]

Absolutely LOVE the color palette here, Diane, not to mention that pose which is always great fun to photograph. I would personally prefer a little less on the right and more on top.

[William Dickson]

Great colours throughtout Diane. I love the pose and the details on the bird and the perch. It blends well with the BG. Good work

Will

[Robert Kimbrell]

Love the pose Diane, This was my first year shooting the Caracara's. And I saw this Behavior many times but did not capture it as well. Nice background and a natural looking perch for him.

[keith mitchell]

love the pose on this Diane,beautiful almost pastel colours.
Keith.

[Glenn Conlan]

Great soft light showing all the wonderful color and textures of the different feathers with a great posture display

[David Salem]

This one turned out really nice Diane. Love the pose and the colors. Your techs look perfect and the feather details are right on. Well done

[Roy Priest]

I too love the pose and the complimentary BG. What does the head throw mean in Caracara talk?

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Dianne! I like the pose, perch, details, exposure and sweet BG. I would add a little more room up top.

[Diane Miller]

Thanks, everyone! I don't know what a head throw means, but I'd bet someone else here does!

Good idea to add a little more on top, and I've cropped a little off the left since posting. (Nothing like going public with an image to make me spot a few tweaks...)