Picazuro Pigeon

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi everybody, I am so bussy these days that I have not been able to participate at all, but as I have been after this shot for a month now, I wanted to share it with you, this pigeon is not tame at all and after a lot of work I managed to get this flight shot I wanted. Hope you like it. Enjoy.

1/5000Seg.
F4.0
-2/3
ISO 800
300mm f4
MarkII
Full frame!! :D

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image Ramon. Wonderful lighting and BG and an outstanding pose with great detail and color. Congratulations !!!!

[denise ippolito]

Fantastic image! I love the sharp details and the great pose.The BG colors are lovely.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and can be with a great pose and BKGR. Was the bird coming to food?

It looks a lot like the band-tailed Pigeon from the western US.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Ramon, This is very nice. Good light, nice and sharp, and well exposure while capturing good action. I also like the background. One beautiful image. Thanks for sharing.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, thanks you for you kind words.
Artie, yes the Bird was coming to a feeder, here's the RAW file were you can actually see the feeder in the LRC.

[kenn threed]

That's about as pretty as a Pigeon picture can be. Wonderful light and detail in motion.

very nicely done Ramon,

Kenn

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Ramon. I might like the wider version better with a QM to cover the feeder.

[Ramon M. Casares]

The original post doesn't have a crop Artie, not even 1% :) I just removed the feeder and cleaned up a tad the BG.

[Arthur Morris]

Ah, then it was your background clean-up that fooled me. Please note this relatively new policy from the top of the page:

If you have significantly altered your image by adding or removing elements of the composition, we ask that you let folks know what you have done.

Thank you sir.

[Ramon M. Casares]

No problem Artie, I usually always do, and if not is because I will be sharing the Raw file eventuslly :), but, ok, sounds excellent that sharing the PP technique is strongly suggested.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice and sharp and good light. Great comp with the full frame.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice and sharp Ramon, very well done.

[Stephen Earle]

Stunning image Ramon.

[Colin Driscoll]

Excellent shot Ramon! To get the dof just right at f4 and so close you must have gone through a few images.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Great pose, BG and colours on the Dove and BG. Great shot Ramon!

[Varun Bellie]

Fantastic, lighting is dramatic, lovely BG, details and Pose

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant IQ Ramon, and this is really tack sharp. I like the landing posture, and the pigeon pops so well from the BG. Great image.

[Mital Patel]

crystal shot as always ramon.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Hey Bhai, nice to see you back, loved the pose here, great details too, congrats..

[Vaibhav Garge]

Fantastic light and background..Thanks for sharing

[Ashay Dhavale]

Great shot. Loved the light here. Amazing details.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Muy buena Ramon, y lo mejor que es FF.

Great job Ramon, love the under wing details and light.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thanks everybody :D I apreciate very much the kind words!

[Nate Chappell]

Great flight shot Ramon!

[Raymond Barlow]

well done buddy, superb image and sweet light.