Bateleur (F)

[Craig Kerr]

Canon 1D Mk 4 - Canon 500 + 1.4 - f/5.6 - SS 1/1600 - ISO 640 - +0.3 Exp.

[Ken Watkins]

Very nice shot of my favourite raptor.

[Mital Patel]

Absolute mind blowing image of this mighty raptor. expo is really good to expose blacks but somehow the whites got blown out on my MBPRO on the back of bird.

[Randy Stout]

Craig:

Striking, very serious looking bird.

Love the pose. Might consider moving him to the left in the frame if you have a little more room on the right.

Could tone down the brightest spots in the backround and the lichen a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[Nico Steenberg]

Not a fan of squire crops. Will try a landscape crop with a tad less space on the left and more on the right for her to look in to. Nice details and bg. Well done.

[Gary Esman]

Would not want to mess with him, mean looking girl. Agree with the above critiques.

Gary

[Craig Kerr]

Thanks for your comments - much appreciated

[Doug Brown]

I like the pose and perch. The talons seem a bit sharper than the head. I also see a bit of a halo around the bird; did you select the bird and darken the BG? I too would like to see more of a conventional crop.

[Craig Kerr]

Thanks for your comments Doug... I used a luminosity mask to bring out more detail in the blacks, hence the halo's but overhaul sharpness on the bird is maintained.... I see the conventional landscape crop is in demand

[Arthur Morris]

Good stuff above. I actually see the halo. There is a smattering of hot white pixels but actually as presented the orange legs and bill are showing over-exposed most likely from a combo of over-saturation and jpeg creation. If you starat from scratch you should easily be able to control the hot spots.

Can you post the full frame original image?

[RakeshDhareshwar]

MIssed getting this guy who was very high on my wish list !! This is a lovely potrait !! Brilliant feather details , but agree that the whites look a wee bit hot , but nothing that takes away overall from the image !!!

[Robert Holguin]

Stunning image. Love the pose but especially the stare. Real nice detail and great control on the blacks.
Well done.