crested caracara

[annmpacheco]

Taken recently from our Texas trip and from a blind. This caracara was making its way to a perch and flew by the trees to give me a "watercolor" look to the BG... The colors are this vibrant, I did not add any saturation. Levels, decreased shadows, decreased highlights, sharpened, NR...

1dx
600mm
iso 1000
6.3
1/4000

[Daniel Grossi]

Lovely colors, sharp, well exposed eye and fantastic in-flight action. Insane how well f/6.3 worked for this.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ann, it looks even better posted 'Hi-Res'. Great angled flight pose, overall well exposed, and nice and sharp. Love the clarity on the face and eye. I like how the Caracara is separated from the BG. I would desat the blues on the far wing.

[William Dickson]

Very nice...Its looking like 3D here. Well captured and processed Ann, you got some lovely details throughout.

Will

[Isaac Grant]

Nice banking pose and details. I agree that f6.3 worked surprisingly well here. Also agree with Stu that you should lower the blues in the rear wing. Being super picky you could only wish he was banking a little more and that rear wing was raised higher. Would've taken an already great image over the top.

[Tim Foltz]

Ann, sweet shot, love the angle, details, BG and colors.

-Tim

[David Policansky]

Amazing shot, Ann, and remarkably sharp in all areas of the bird. Very well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the open beak and the BG, good details and light but the bank angle is not ideal, it is a bit shallow for my taste

TFS

[gail bisson]

This is super nice Ann. It is always so much harder to grab focus on BIF against a varied BG. Well done!
I like the sharpness and IQ and the trees in the BG add a lot.
PP looks good- almost has a painterly feel on the face area
Gail