Peregrine Falcon

[Isaac Grant]

Here is a shot of the male Pergerine Falcon. I was lucky that it perched in a spot with a nice background. The background is the hills of Westchester County across the Hudson River and at that distance have that nice purplish color.

Canon 1dx and Canon 500 f4 ii + 1.4x iii. Tripod mounted. F9, ISO 800, SS 1/2500

Converted in DPP 4.6 and processed in PS.

[Bill Dix]

What a beauty, Isaac. Congratulations! Nice head turn, good detail, and the BG compliments the bird very well.

[Raybel Robles]

Spot on! The BG goes perfectly with the bird, the HA is great and superb details.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, nicely shown. Nice background and colors, sharp detail, thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

Lovely detail, lovely BG and a lovely looking bird. Well done Isaac.

Will

[Glenn Conlan]

Isaac this is my favorite subject and you have a wonderful head angle with a super BG. We are fortunate that Peregrine populations have rebounded to historical numbers. Score one for mankind correcting the problem that almost wiped them out in our country.

[Isaac Grant]

Thanks Glenn. You know its funny because most times when I am out birding or taking pics Peregrines are just a pain in the you know what. Can't tell you how many times I have crawled on my belly in mud and crap to get near a flock of shorebirds and when I am finally in shooting distance one of these guys comes and ruin my shot!!! But when you go to a cliff and watch them at close range there is something entirely different about the experience. You really appreciate their speed and power in a different way. Think I just got myself hooked. Have to get that flight shot.

[Tomasz Zawadzki]

Congratulations. Perfect portrait of this wonderful bird

[Alex Becker]

Great portrait -- the BG, HA, catch light, details, perch and the colors...really awesome stuff

[Arthur Morris]

Wow, everything is perfect here including the boxy crop. Mazel tov.

with love, artie