Tag- you're it! Caracara and Northern Mockingbird

[gail bisson]

The mockingbirds are relentless in their harassment of the caracaras. I could not decide who I felt sorrier for.
This caracara also had a bit of bird droppings on his shoulder. I used a brown brush at 30% opacity to minimize the whitewash.
Canon 1DX
ISO 1000 f 8 1/2500
PP: Crop, LR6 sliders, vurves and DE/TC at 15%
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Very nice image. I like the open bill and the behavior.

I also like the head angles of the image. I think the images works excellently because of the above.

Thanks for sharing the same.

[John Mack]

Pretty neat frame. Like the perch and of course the interaction here. Both birds have pretty good head angles.

[Michael Thompson]

One of the best i have seen here! the action of the mocking bird, and the look on the caracaras face are priceless! lighting, perch, sharpness, background, excellent!

[John Whaley]

I like everything about this image. High IQ, sharp focus on both birds, good eye contact on both birds, great perch and best of all the dynamic interaction between the two. I see birds harassing one another all the time but capturing the interaction with a high quality image is really difficult and rare ( for me at least ).

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a moment well caught - terrific Gail. What a moment, this would do well in competition that's for sure.
I like the image as it is, if it were mine (and boy do I wish it was!) I would experiment with curves saturation and or contrast and see what can be obtained without TC DE.

[annmpacheco]

HAhaha, very nice, love the expression and that dogmatic mockingbird! I like the top feathers on the cap sticking up and the BG! Excellent action captured Gail!

[William Dickson]

Another beauty of this 'David and Goliath' moment..I think I like this one best.so far(hope theres more to come).. Great moment captured. Well done Gail

Will

[Isaac Grant]

Blazing hot Gail! Great interaction, poses, perch and background. I would make 2 changes. I would remove a little of the dead space to the left of the bird by maybe a third and then add that to the right. Then I would add another round of sharpening on the mockingbird as it looks slightly less sharp than the Caracara.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Crazy great capture, Gail. Everything about this image ticks all the boxes. Well done.

Geoffrey




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