American Kestrel Female

Posted by dhkaiser on Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:49 pm

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This is the mate to the male I posted a few days ago. I hesitated to show this as it is a large crop and the image suffered. However I keep returning to it due to the pose. A little different.

10D 500 f4, 1.4x, 1/1000 @ f8, windowsill, USM and shadow/highlight in Elements 3.0.

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by Ofer Levy on Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:51 pm

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Very nice!! Great behavior shot!

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by Nick Dunlop on Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:53 pm

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Killer behavior shot!

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by Marius on Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:53 pm

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Very interesting capture! It’s a bit noise but otherwise a very nice shot.

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by Jim Neely on Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:54 pm

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Great action, Dan.

I see a lot of noise, probably a combination of the crop and Shadows/Highlights. Noise Ninja or a similar program would help.

The head looks a little soft.

Good work to get this neat shot.

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by Rob Palmer on Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:55 pm

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The action is great. To get a kestrel hovering is a major challenge. One eating while hovering is just unheard of. I would select the background, then inverse and use neat image to tone down the noise in the background.

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by Mike Wilson on Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:03 pm

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What a catch! Really neat to see this.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:48 pm

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A great behavior you caught here. I'm glad you posted it.

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by Dan Wolin on Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:53 pm

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Sometimes the behavior is more important that the technicals and this is one of those times. Nice job

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by KK Hui on Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:30 am

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Eating on the fly ...
Love this one too, Kaiser!

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by Miguel Lasa on Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:34 am

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great timing

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:05 am

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Dan:

Great capture I love it.

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by Jim Neiger on Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:32 am

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Cool shot! I would add space in front and crop behind. Blurring the BG would help with the noise.

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by Bob Boner on Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:55 am

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Amazing behavior shot! thanks for sharing.

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by Chris Kayler on Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:18 pm

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Great shot with great behavior. What is she eating do you know?

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by dhkaiser on Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:17 pm

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Thanks Jim, Rob and Jim for the suggestions on noise. I'm looking into a noise reduction program.

Chris, she has an insect, what I'm not sure. Oh how I wish I had been closer!

Dan Kaiser

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