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    We had a few cold days with a dusting of snowy early last month, but the Juvenile was happy to pick up from where the adult female left off, obviously there was still something left on the carcuss.

    Thanks to those who commented or viewed the last posting.


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    Subject: Sparrow hawk (J) (Accipiter nisus)
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    Camera: Canon EOS R5
    Lens: EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXT
    Exposure: 1/640s at f/5.6 ISO6400
    Original format: Landscape, FF
    Processed via: LRCC 10.5 & PSCC 22.5.1

    Shot from our hide, baited with road kill.
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    Intense frame, and just enough of the eye that we feel a connection to the raptor. Processing looks great. Thanks for the PM the other. I'll wade digest it more as I process new images these upcoming weeks.

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    Thanks Dorian, had to revert to manual AF, rather than Eye Detect, the head is just constantly on the move, as you know only too well, and with the slaw SS makes for a tough frame to achieve.

    Take your time to digest the PM, if you have questions ask, but I will be heading back to Canada in a couple of weeks for some R&R on the slopes, back mid March.
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    Hi Steve ... action is great !!
    Gonna love the overall color palette and the color/ tone transitions .... pleasing work .
    No nits ... just something to enjoy the overall quality .

    TFS Andreas

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    Thanks Andreas, had to quickly change the original posting as the one to be posted was 601kb!!!! Oh for some 'Bots light' like the Leopard, the R5 would then really come into it's own. The 1DXMK3, R3, 5, & 6 are just so nice to process and the depth of detail they capture now is stunning as you know.
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    Looks ideal to me Steve, would not change a thing. The snow is a nice inclusion and makes it that little bit different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Thanks Andreas, had to quickly change the original posting as the one to be posted was 601kb!!!! Oh for some 'Bots light' like the Leopard, the R5 would then really come into it's own. The 1DXMK3, R3, 5, & 6 are just so nice to process and the depth of detail they capture now is stunning as you know.
    Yeah Bots light in good old Europe would be good at times .... but i do like the " challenge " of our flat grey rainy foggy and so forth lovely light , to coax out the best possible details from our mostly high Iso images

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    Steve, Congrats on this fine image. As I am late to the party, please tell me about the carcass.

    thanks with love, artie
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    Hi Artie, many thanks.

    The ‘kill’ is a wood pigeon (Stock Dove?) which are ‘Ten a Penny’ (in abundance) over here, a farmer menace as they are in the fields eating the seed and are deemed a pest/vermin. Therefore, because they get so fat, they are incredibly slow at taking off and so they pepper the country lanes having been hit by cars. Sparrow hawks predate small birds (as they do in our garden, but incredibly shy) and they will take wood pigeon. Over the months, both Adult female and the juvenile will come down to a feeding post, close to a hide and once settled, any lens movement they pay no attention to, plus with mirrorless the shutter isn’t a problem.
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    Thanks, Steve. I should have read more carefully. I missed the "baited with road kill." I do the same thing here to bring in two species of vultures, a Bald Eagle or two, and sometimes caracaras.

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    Thanks, Steve. I should have read more carefully. I missed the "baited with road kill." I do the same thing here to bring in two species of vultures, a Bald Eagle or two, and sometimes caracaras.
    No problem Artie, we all can miss things very easily. Certainly in Wildlife it's something I have never done, but feel that with road kill it's more 'acceptable' as it can be, and offers the opportunity to see, watch, photograph a very shy and elusive raptor. Plus it gives some encounters where the adult comes back in and asserts her presence with the juvenile.
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    In addition, it is a lot safer for the predators as when they come to our set-ups they will not be hit by a vehicle :)

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