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Working Predator


Working Predator
Photo Information
Copyright: Pam Russell (coasties) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3815 W: 505 N: 8095] (27712)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-23
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Sigma 80-400 OS, Hoya UV 77mm
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): New Zealand Raptors, Falcons - I chapter [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-05-01 4:26
Viewed: 1818
Points: 30
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
My fourth post in the series of the New Zealand Falcon. For information on this incredible endemic predator, please visit any of my earlier posts listed below. I hope you enjoy my images. Thanks for looking.

1. Flight of the Falcon
2. Bird of Prey
3. Solitary Predator

IMAGE INFORMATION

Camera: Canon 10D
Time of day: 9:29 a.m.
Date: 23rd April 2005
Weather conditions: Clear
Lens: Sigma 80-400mm OS
Filter: Hoya 77mm UV
Shutter Speed: 1/500
F-Stop: F/6.3
Focal Length: 88mm
ISO: 400

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What a capture Pam,
Yes this is fantastic, with those extra depth lines on the ground, what a fantastic capture with a great pov, very good job I like it a lot,
gr. Jaap

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2005-05-01 4:29]

La netteté et la lumière sont excellents.

Félicitation pour cette belle prise nature.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-05-01 4:49]

Hello Pam! This is nice ... I don't think the big wooden log is distracting at all. The action in this picture is fantastic, details are sharp and colors are great. Wonderful POV & DOF. I know these birds are fast and I really think you did a great job freezing the action and that with a ss of 'just' 1/500. Well done! TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2005-05-01 5:16]

Superbe ce vol de rapace, bravo Pam pour cette photo bien piquée. A premiére vue l'alignement des piquets de bois des clotures m'a fait penser à un micrométre permettant de definir l'echelle de prise de vue !!!Didier.

Even though I do find the fence and log distracting the flight of this Falcon has been beautifully captured with full extension of down wing. Details in body are sharp with just a slight blur on wing tips, very nice indeed Pam. P.S. Its always nice to see camera data in note, well done.

Very determined predator, caught in the act. Very good !

Great in-flight Pam with good details and sharpness..Very nice POV and pose..Well done!

A beautiful capture of this very determined looking falcon, Pam!
Thank you for sharing it.
I will have to go back and check out the others as I seem to be falling behind...

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  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-05-01 12:50]

Very good shot, excelent work.
You did well with this one, the background, the post, the bird, alot here for your focus to go nuts on, you managed well.

Mike

Nice Capture
His looking the camera !

Very good capture, very good timing and good quality, well done!

A fotografia foi maravilhosa. Realmente, ao meu ver irretocável.
Parabéns. Acho apenas que você poderia adicionar mais informações nas nota.
Abraços,
Wagner.

Very well captured Pam,
Good timing to catch this action so well.
Great POV and well done on the exposure.
Thanks for posting

I just discover your NZ falcon series, Pam. Thank you for sharing these with us. This one is really impressive with the sharp eye shining in the light. Wings position is so typical. Smooth BG makes it come like a 3D picture. Was it possible to crop a bit more to enlarge the falcon?

Nice and sharp, I assume you used the tried and trusted method of pre-focussing on the perch before he took off? Good composition, it's a little shame about the fence in the background, but it doesn't spoil it.

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