Peregrine Falcon

[Jay Tan]

Lucky catch while taking photos of terns. The fella came down and tried to take one of the terns but missed.
1DM2N, 300mm, f/5.6, 1/3200

[Jim Poor]

Hi Jay,

Nice pose you have here. Maybe a touch of selective lightening on the right side of the head would be good.

There is also a fairly prominent sharpening halo , especially around the bird's left wing, that could be easily avoided by selecting the sky, inverting the selection, and contracting it by 1-2 pixels and sharpening only the bird.

On and admin note, your picture took a while to load so I checked and it is over 200KB. We're limited to 150KB here.

[Stephen Stephen]

Jay I really like pose on this bird. I'm still looking for my first image of a Peregrine.

Jim's already offered some good comments which I'll echo.

[Steve Wheeler]

As the old saying goes... Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Outstanding image!

Steve

[Daniel Cadieux]

Putting the bird a bit tighter to the left would really improve the comp. Any image of a Peregrine in flight is bonus for sure!!

[Philip Lombard]

Very nice shot nits mentioned.

[Linda Robbins]

Marvelous capture, and I really like the pose with the spread tail. A wonderful opportunity came your way and you got it! Congrats.