Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

[Dave Barnes]

This image was made in Cape Town earlier this year. I was very happy to capture this one as it was not on the menu for that days shoot.
I think it is a juvenile. (sub-adult)

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/2500
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1 1/3
ISO Speed 640
Hand held

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot, full wing position and eye-contact and nice HA. Looks like you did quite a bit of shadow recovery there, some of the whites look hot as a result, I would tone it down a bit. Also the plumage is a bit dull compared to yellow of the beak, is this the natural color?

TFS.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super capture Dave! Not easy to get these guys in flight!
Good HA, light and wing position.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Arash and Mark for looking and for comments.
Arash no shadow recovery was done here. I think that some of the hot spots were as a result of sharpening and setting the white point in curves. I have removed the curves layer and reduced the sharpeing on the lighter areas.
I confirm that the colour difference is much the same on the raw file.
I hope that the repost is an improvement.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Dave,
Here I did some curve and saturation adjustment, BG is a bit blotchy due to JPEG compression but hope you like it.

[Michael Zajac]

Dave, Great pose and HA. Under the wing looks a bit muddy. I would tone down the body a bit and I would tone done the sat. in the BG. Great capture!!

[Stu Bowie]

Dave, great eye contact, and love the angle of flight.

For everyone out there, Cape Town skies have this natural blue to it, as there is not a lot of smog, thus Dave's colour of the sky is spot on. You gotta see it to believe it.

[David Fletcher]

Dave, like your repost very much. The shadow areas look more natural and as if they are shadow areas. Lovely sharpness and eye contact. Super flight pose.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image , I liked the repost
TFS

[Ramon M. Casares]

Nice light, pose, colors and detail, I would suggest to tone it down a bit. Congratulations!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice Falcon. Love the underwing details and eye contact. My vote goes to your second repost.

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments, they are all appreciated.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

I like the repost by arash. The eye-contact, light and details are very nice. Is this the sub-species minor or the migrant sub-species?

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks Doc it is the African sub-species Falco peregrinus minor.