Rough-legged Buzzard

[Jeroen Stel]

Besides the recent Hen-Harriers i have also been working on Rough-legged Buzzards at and around the same site. Here's one i got today during a short visit down there.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: F 4.5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Peter,

I think that fill flash would have ruined the backlight effect and therefor i did not use it in this case.
On my screen the darker tones are all open enough but working on an Apple screen i know they tend to be bit lighter then PC screens so that might be the cause for that if you would be working on a PC.

Being Dutch my English grammar is not the best so can't really answer your other question..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

I like the composition and the frontal look of the bird. With the light coming from behind, I would also prefer a bit more fill light on the bird. Maybe some dodge and burn would do the trick. Otherwise great image.

I guess Peter means to say "where is there", and forgot the "w". Nothing wrong with your grammar!

[Jeroen Stel]

Ahhhh...now i understand Peter..
This was shot in The Netherlands in the provence called Flevoland.

These are very scarse in our country but the cold winters up north have given us an influx of these (still no enormous numbers..) so happy to be able to shoot these.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Arthur Morris]

Very nicely done on all counts. In a perfect world the bird would have been looking right at you. The BKGR and the backlight are very nice.