A feather for your cap

Posted by Jim Urbach on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:10 pm

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Juvenile Crested Caracara, St,\. Cloud, Fl

Many thanks to EJ, Greg and Heather for getting this site up.

Taken in the past 6 weeks. I arrived at their favorite perch before dawn and waited til the sun got above the ground cloud cover. Fearing that he might fly off I did not put on a teleconver. He proceeded to pluck this feather and play with it.

10D, 600IS, no flash, ISO 200.

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by Greg Downing on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:16 pm

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Jim, welcome to NSN and thanks for the support!

This is lovely! The light is great and the feather is icing an this tasty cake!

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:17 pm

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VERY Cool!!! Welcome aboard Jim!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:23 pm

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Great to see you here, Jim. I like the image and particularly the composition. With the bright sky, however, having the bird larger in the frame might have worked well. I also would love to have seen what reducing ambient by a stop or two and using flash as main would have done.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:28 pm

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Cool. I like the high key sky

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by Rick Barletta on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:44 pm

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Glad to see you again Jim!

Cool image of this bird.

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by AlexC on Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:47 pm

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Jim, Welcome aboard, The Insanity ward if filling up nicely as you can see!!
Your image is a wonderful capture and very nice light, Any bird than "Pluck and Play" with his feather , is a friend of mine!!!
I have not been able to make there so far, I am heading to Alaska on the 28th, so I doubt I will make it there this year!!, Still very nice!!! Congrats!!

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by Jim Urbach on Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:56 pm

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It's great to feel at home again.

Alex, I certainly have missed your witty remarks.

Sandy, I agree that flash might have been more useful here, but the previous time just as soon as I set up with flash and teleconverters and got into position both adults and the juvie flew off before I got any images. One of the adults later came back. My next post will be a portait with stacked converters of this adult.

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by Jill on Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:12 pm

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Hi Jim, Wonderful to see you again! Interesting that this juvenile is playing with a feather!! I did that as a child, too. I'll look forward to your adult.

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by Bill Whala on Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:30 pm

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I really like the composition of this. The "C" curve created by the bird and tree, the way the unraveled feather is repeated by the nest material in the tree, etc.

The light is wonderful as well. You have a real winner here Jim.

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by Wil Hershberger on Fri Aug 22, 2003 4:52 pm

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Great shot. Bill said it all.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:50 pm

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Jim,

Neat one, love the light. Can't wait to see the close-up.

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by LHays on Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:24 am

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Jim
So glad to see you here. This is a nice shot....you have done well with this family. Reminds me of freshman girl twirling her hair during first period.

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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:43 pm

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A feather indeed! How perfect! Jim, the shots you have of this species that I have seen are sooo outstanding!

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by matt kuchta on Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:43 pm

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Bird and perch really do make a lovely curve through the frame. Look forward to seeing the adult if it's anything like this!
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:46 pm

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Jim:

Very unique and beautiful. Congratulations.

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by Chas on Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:54 pm

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Hey Jim, I think I prefer the natural light and mood you captured so well here, to that of a main flashed image. Not that the other would look bad, just different.

Best, and it is good to see yet another friendly name here,

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by Chip Estabrooks on Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:01 pm

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Wow! I like it just like it is! The perch as composed is a bonus.
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by Bob Ettinger on Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:13 pm

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Jim,

Great early light and a good pose plus a feather, what else is there?

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by Paula G on Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:40 pm

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I like this so much and love the feather.Marvellous.

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