American Kestrel w/repost

Posted by Rob Palmer on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:02 am

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Reposted with more noise reduction. What do you think.

Spent the weekend traveling backroads shooting mainly Kestrels. This little guy was sitting in a tree focusing on the foreground so I stayed with him for a while and he dove straight out of the tree but missed a mouse. Pretty significant crop but I'm really happy with the image.

Canon 1DII, 500F4, 1.4X, ISO 200, 1/2500 sec, f6.3, shot from car window with bean bag.

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by Justin C on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:12 am

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Love the pose and the birds' colours.I think the inclusion of the branch was a good choice.

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by Harold Stiver on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:16 am

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Nice catch, Rob. The branches were a good idea to leave although I still might get rid of the two little ones at the top.

You seem to have quite a bit of noise, I don't know if one of the noise reducer programs would help.

An excellent shot!

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by Rob Palmer on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:22 am

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Since this was a significant crop and I also underexposed (my bad). I don't think I can reduce any more noise than already removed. I did neat image on the background but when I did the bird, too many artifacts appeared.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:58 am

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This is a really cool shot!

The image displayed to the right after your text due to not putting a Return before inserting the image. I fixed it for you.

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by Michael Dossett on Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:02 pm

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A really neat shot for sure. The noise bothers me though wish there was more you could do about it

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by Ofer Levy on Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:51 pm

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Super shot!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:11 pm

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I'm impressed with the noise reduction you did in the repost. It's a fantastic image.

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by Bob Ettinger on Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:19 pm

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Repost is great. Wonderful timing

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by KK Hui on Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:49 pm

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A great pose with good timing, Rob!
Love the re-post ... :roll:

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:05 pm

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Another top-notch Kestrel Rob, keep 'em coming!

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by john on Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:49 pm

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I guess you're happy with this image!

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by Kim Steininger on Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:24 am

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Awesome job on the noise reduction and an awesome image Rob! Love the pose!

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by Alan Melle on Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:47 am

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Terrific shot! Great timing.

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by Nick Dunlop on Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:11 pm

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Very pretty Rob, A good looking bird for sure. I like the upper image with the noise reduction. I wish these guys were as tame as the owls we are seeing here on the web. Great timing.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:01 pm