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    Ken Watkins
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    My main reason for posting this is to get a firm identification, at the time of taking it I was told it was a Dickensons, but I do not think that is correct.

    Taken 2nd November 2003 Etosha N P Namibia

    EOS 10D, EF100-400mm at 400mm

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    No clue as to the ID. I like the image but it needed to be sharpened a lot. I used a QM to select only the bird and applied Unsharp Mask at 331/.4/1 which is a ton of sharpening for a jpeg. It did not look oversharpened in Photoshop...
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    Wow Artie! Great job on sharpening this critter whatever it is. I need to learn all this QM stuff. I guess I have to buy RO's CD too. LOL shhhhhh don't tell my husband. :eek: hahahaha

    I like this shot btw. It did need sharpening but Artie took care of that. Great job here.

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    I think it is Greater kestrel (falco rupicoloides) Nice shot

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    Thanks Artie, I would never have dreamed that such an excessive amount of sharpening would work, but it clearly does.
    Thanks to everyone else for confirming my thoughts that it is a Greater Kestrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Watkins View Post
    Thanks Artie, I would never have dreamed that such an excessive amount of sharpening would work, but it clearly does.
    YAW. And I agree. The important lesson here is that the amount of sharpening needed for each images is different, and more importantly, that (aside from selectively sharpening small areas like the eye or the face) an image should never be sharpened until sized for final usage (in this case, web presentation at 800 pixels wide).
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