Brown Falcon

[Simon Bennett]

Just back from a wonderful trip to outback Queensland with Rob Drummond and Jeff Davies. This Brown Falcon was facing into a strong wind in the early morning near Winton, Queensland, and I was able to get quite close in my car.

Canon 40D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4 tc, bean-bag on car window, ISO 400, 1/1000, f/11, full frame.

[David Fletcher]

Excellent shot and pose Simon! Like how there is some detail in the sky too.

[christopher galeski]

good shot,nice and sharp,nice BG, I would like a bit more canvas on left,bird too central imo,but nice one.thanks.

[Kobus Tollig]

Great exposure and detail. I do feel its a bit central. Nice shot

[Keith Carver]

Nice sharp well-exposed portrait, Simon, pleasing BG and HA. Agree that a little more canvas on the left would help, as would a little uptweak on the catchlight.

[Brian Barcelos]

Simon, Beautiful bird and picture. Love the blueish tint on the beak and around the eyes. Excellent exposure. I too would like to see a little more room on the left. Congrats.
Brian

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, sharpness, pose and BG. Another vote for either cropping a bit off the right to get the bird out of the center and might lighten the eye. I look forward to more images from your trip.

[Stu Bowie]

This is really sharp, and like the light, detail and colours. I agree cropping a bit off the right will work. Well captured Simon.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull, great pose, excellent level of detail, lovely loght, colors and sharpness.
Congratulations!

[Morkel Erasmus]

everything comes together here for me! super sharp, lovely cloud-filled sky behind, great pose...

[Rich Steel]

Simon

I love the soft light and detail in this photo. The slight cloud in the sky also adds some more interest than just a straight blue. sky Good clean photo which as previously mentioned may be improved by some more space to the left so that the bird is less central in the frame.

Cheers

Rich

[Gal Shon]

Superb quality,
A fine image.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Stunning looking Falcon.
Love the BG and pose. Light here is gorgeous.
I would suggest a little crop on top.

[Chris Kotze]

Super capture pose and lovely detail. Ditto crop RHS

[Krijn Trimbos]

Beautiful detail, lovely subject and very nice BG. Would also take some of the right. I am wondering what this would look like with a little more perch....?? Looking forward to more from your trip!

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is an outstanding image by its sharpness, details, colors and tones not talking about the species. Most probably the best image I have ever seen of this species in this quality. Thanks for sharing.

Szimi