A Walk on the Beach

[Mike Landwehr]

This peregrine falcon had just finished off a breakfast of laughing gull. I cleaned up his beak, and cloned a few dark spots in the OOF background. All C&C welcome.

1D Mark II N
500 mm lens
ISO 200
manual exposure
1/2000 @ f/5.6
tripod

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

He is so cool . I love the walking pose as well as the leftover feathers. Great light and details.

[adrian dancy]

This is a superb portrait and you were blessed by being so close. Wish it were mine!

[Richard Stern]

Hi,

I agree - a superb, detailed close image. I like the rather sad expression. I see the bird has a metal band on 1 leg - had it just been released, or was it relatively tame?

Richard

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent! love the pose and details, impressive raptor to come close to

[Ron Sprunger]

Can't begin to say how much I like this one. I saw a young one similarly close last spring, but he was standing in the gutter -- not so pretty to photograph. This is gorgeous, and extremely well done.

[Melissa Groo]

What a stunning capture, love the low angle, bird position, details, and sharpness. Fantastic job.

[Grace Scalzo]

What a fine image. Love the remnants of the laughing gull in the lower right corner. Wondering about the beak cleanup....with the blood remnants on his feet, feathers, and full crop, might evidence of the meal have added to the story?

[Mike Landwehr]

You make an excellent point, Grace. This evening, I'll post an image taken a few minutes earlier, which will tell more of the story

[Gabi Sandu]

Excellent image. Beautiful BG, great low angle, and nice details.

[Grace Scalzo]

Terrific, Mike, I'll look for it.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

loved the low angle and pose. very nice details. You handled what looks like harsh light pretty well. well done. must have been quite thrilling, to say the least.

[Raymond Lee]

The exposure is perfect! Love the eye-level POV. What a great opportunity!

[Matthew Studebaker]

Amazing! Wonderful point of view (low angle), great background, dynamic pose. I'm jealous!