MOTIF- Peregrine Falcon (also 1st Post)

Posted by Brandon Holden on Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:36 pm

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Hello everyone, I took this picture in Cape May, New Jersey on October 2nd, 2003. The Peregrine was making a sharp turn to the right, while chasing Pigeons. It is one of my favourite pictures so far.

Canon 10D 100-400mm Handheld, 1/2000, F-5.6, ISO 400. I'm still learning a lot about photograpgy, but its been a lot of fun

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by Safariguy on Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:55 pm

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well, I think that you know enough....

Well done and a "keeper" for sure...

Not sure if it was shot wing tip to wing tip like that, but I would like a bit of breathing room at the wing tips...certainly not a big deal...

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by AlexC on Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:57 pm

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Wonderful bird and a dream pose to boot, very good light as well!!!
A little more USM could help with sharpness, I also suspect a Falconer's bird ??, I think I can see some flying jessies's !!
Congrats!!!

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by Wayne Nicholas on Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:28 pm

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This is a nice way to start, Brandon. Welcome to NSN. Looking forward to more.

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by Matt Cox on Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:12 pm

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Great first post, Brandon -- it's obvious to see why it's one of your favorites. Looks like you had your camera set-up perfectly for this and did a great job composing and taking the shot at a great moment. If you cropped this any top and bottom, you may want to put some sky back in to reduce the distance from the wingtips to the frame edge.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:14 pm

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Brandon:

Great start, for your web site I see you are already addicted, no chance to look back.

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by Bill Whala on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:09 am

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Welcome to NatureScapes, Brandon. This is an excellent first post. A little tight at the wing-tips but everything else works well.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:53 am

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Excellent shot!
Would like to see more room top and bottom though ...

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by Mike Wilson on Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:26 am

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More room would be nice but it would also be nice if this were mine! Great shot and welcome.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Mon Jan 19, 2004 2:08 am

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A smidgeon more room is all this needs IMO.

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by Jim Zipp on Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:30 am

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AlexC wrote:I also suspect a Falconer's bird ??, I think I can see some flying jessies's !!
Congrats!!!

Nice catch Brandon. These guys are fast.

Alex, I suspect these are just colored leg bands. Many of the peregrines in the east have them, in fact, sometimes it seems that the majority of them have them. Most of the eastern states monitor as many of the nests as posible and band the young until they are completely recovered.

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by fredcor on Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:04 am

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Very good capture with extended wings and excellent angle. These guys are very difficult to shoot in flight.

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by Brandon Holden on Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:10 am

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I'd just like to say thanks for everyone's comments

. This was a wild bird, (black over green legband, indicating it was banded in the central USA).

I would also have liked to leave a little more room around the wingtips, but I just barely got them fully in the picture (the top of the picture actually looked like that, it was a really close call!)

Once again, thanks everyone!

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:30 am

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Cool shot of a cool bird and the underside is lit very well

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:33 pm

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Brandon, welcome to NSN and the bird forum.

A great shot here. In Photo Shop you can add some canvas to the photo and extend the sky if you feel the wing tips are too close to the edge of the frame.

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by Neil Solomon on Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:05 pm

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You have an almost picture perfect spread of feathers here. Adding canvas as Alan suggests would be very easy with this image. Then you would really have one to hang on your wall.

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by christoforos on Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:30 pm