merlin with prey
What a surprise to round the corner and come upon this merlin who had just landed with a least sandpiper. It was fascinating to photograph the sequence of de-feathering and observing how and what he ate. After several minutes and hundreds of shots, feathers flying everywhere and at times, a mouthful of feathers for the merlin, he flew off with the remains clutched in one talon...
sharpened, NR, added 2-3 points of saturation to warm and then 1-2 points of blue in saturation to offset the warmth... Cleaned up 2nd catchlight, selectively sharpened the shoulder area, it was a bit soft...
1Dx
1200mm
ISO 1000
f 8
1/1600
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