Crested Caracara

[Patricia Fishburne]

This image was made during a bird festival on Marco Island, FL. This captive caracara was hand held. Canon 1D Mark II, 100-400 mm lens at 280 mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/1600 sec-1

[Fabs Forns]

Big welcome, Patricia :)

Stunning close up, full of detail, with a pretty good background. It could use some more space on top.

Looking forward to making your BPN experience an exciting one!

[Lana Hays]

Welcome Patricia
This is gorgeous. What a wonderful experience to capture such a wonderful closeup. The details, sharpness, and exposure are perfect. I agree with Fabs....just a little more room at the top. Well done.

[Del Cockroft]

A very nice portrait. Love the rich colours and the exposure seems to be right on.

[Jacqui Hendry]

What an amazing looking bird!

Stunning colours & a great pose

Love it :-)

J

[Jim Neiger]

Very nice close up portrait, Patricia. The fine details, exposure, and DOF are all very good. Alittle more room on top, as mentioned, would help. There is also a wee bit of noise in the bg that could be fixed by blurring the bg selectively, or perhaps avoided by selectively sharpening the bird and not the bg.