Peregrine Falcon "I'm Hungry"

[James Salywoda]

Peregrine Falcon
SoCal.

Another shot well out shooting Peregrines Saturday morning with Doug Brown.
These birds were hungry early that morning and were very active as they still rely on the adult
to feed them....;) What a rush it is to get a good lock on them in flight.:)

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4
1/1600 F7.1 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Amy Marques]

I am incredibly jealous! I love these birds and you were able to capture it tearing up the sky while hollering non-the-less! Great angle- I've nothing but praise!

[Morkel Erasmus]

I can only imagine! pin sharp, great exposure and details in this Jim...I would be proud of a shot like this. have you tried a vertical comp with wingtips aligning with frame corners?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool capture, I like the topside view, wing position and fanned tail, the open beak adds to it. BG looks good, too. If anything I might lighten the inside of the mouth a bit.

[Art Kornienko]

Love everything about it James, very nice capture and presented in a super fashion.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Just superb! I cannot imagine a more powerfull pose and angle to shot this species! Big congratulations, great light, atutide, diagonal is nice, detail is excellent and colors are good.
Congratulations!

[arash_hazeghi]

This is one stunning shot, detail is great and I think it can even take more sharpening. perfect!

[Lorant Voros]

Stunning shot. Very powerful pose. I love the detail on the top side and the open beak is great too. Very well done.

[Paul Kusmin]

Sweet shot, i agree with everyone else in their comments and I can't add much other than maybe burning the outermost feather tips a wee bit.

[Judd Patterson]

Wow, that angle...that action...it's tremendous! A little tight on the top perhaps, but really not much of an issue with the composition that you created. Extremely nice James.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi James,
Super pose and angle.....open beak a huge bonus! Very well done!

[denise ippolito]

James, Fantastic image!! The details on the topside of the wing are great. I love the pose and the open mouth-just great!!

[capemerlin]

Classic pose James. Open mouth and catchlight a plus. Makes me wish I was at Cape May Point in late September.
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Arthur

[Doug Brown]

Sweet shot Jim!

[Brian Barcelos]

I can't really add to whats been said but I really love the shape the wings and tail make on this.

Brian

[Dave Barnes]

You seem to have had a great time and come back with fantastic images. This one is no exception.
I like the in your face comp and the birds expression. Superb feather detail and colour.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful image James, loved the pose here... the fan tail and the open beak makes this... Congrats...

[Jay Gould]

James, looking at this image caused me to think of Chris' Image of the Year. That is how good I see this image. Magnificent!

[Juan Aragonés]

That is a pose James. Fantastic topside view of this young. In my monitor the image seems to need just a litle bit contrast boosting. Very good job!

[Keith Bauer]

Doesn't get much better than this! Very powerful image. Topside view with the mouth open.... WOW!

[christopher galeski]

minter,pure magic,like everthing about this shot.congrats.thanks.

[Gal Shon]

Fantastic, very well done

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Love it as presented. Love the sheen on the back and wings and the angle of capture. This picture has a 3D effect.