A Thorny View

[John Lowin]

This Pygmy Falcon image was created in Samburu, Kenya on a totally overcast and very hot day. Hope you like my image. Thanks for looking. C and C welcomed, I'm here to learn. - John

f/10 1/1250 ISO 400 @ 1,000mm
Canon 1D MkII
Canon EF 500mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Canon EF 2X II Extender
Kinesis Safari Sack (Bean Bag)

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice pose. I might be tempted to pull a gradient in from the upper right to match the upper left. Maybe a little more sharpening.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Nice to see another African species:-) I think you did well under the less than perfect light conditions. I would suggest some selective saturation of the sky to get more blue coming through

[Grady Weed]

Chris nailed this one. Love the eye contact and the head turned pose. Good facial expression captured too. Nothing to add but keep posting. And those thorns! Ouch!

[Stu Bowie]

Great eye contact, and nits covered.

[Dave Mills]

Hi John..Beautiful subject you captured! Thought I would play with it a bit and did these changes rather quickly. I added a graduated blue to even out the sky. Brought the bird up a bit in S/H and added a small bit of saturation.

[John Lowin]

Hi John..Beautiful subject you captured! Thought I would play with it a bit and did these changes rather quickly. I added a graduated blue to even out the sky. Brought the bird up a bit in S/H and added a small bit of saturation.

Hi David, Thanks, it's a great improvement and much appreciated. - John Sorry for the slow response, it's been the day from ****, so I'm a bit behind. - John