Kestrel Taking Off

Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:15 am

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This little one was on a nice stick that someone had stood up as a perch. I have some nice perched images and thought with the shutter delay on the 10D that I had missed it when it took off, but I got her.
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by stevebein on Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:48 am

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wow, you sure did get her. great timing and action
Now where was she? IS this Bosque, Bolsa, or ???

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by DC on Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:28 am

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Great anticipation Richard

Really cool shot. Congrats

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:34 am

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Great timing! Sweet bird and pose.

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by Ken Newcombe on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:38 am

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Great action shot Richard, nice lighting. These birds seldom indicate they are about to fly.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:44 am

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Great action. The image looks horribly over sharpened to me. Could be these early morning eyes but I don't think so. There are white specs all over the bird and branch.

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by Jim Zipp on Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:38 am

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RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto wrote:This little one was on a nice stick that someone had stood up as a perch.

Rich, I confess, I stood that perch up after seeing nice male vermilion flycatcher on the post there one day. Never got anything on it myself though

. I have to agree with Tony that something is wrong in the processing here but it sure is a nice image.

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by fredcor on Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:54 am

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Nits or not! I wish I had an image like that in my files.

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by joseph motto on Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:46 am

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by Bill Whala on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:16 am

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Awesome take-off!! Kind of looks like it may be a significant crop that is causing the artifacts.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:17 am

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Anthony Medici wrote:Great action. The image looks horribly over sharpened to me. Could be these early morning eyes but I don't think so. There are white specs all over the bird and branch.

Tony and Jim,
You are right the image also looked wrong to me. I think that I originally used the shadow/highlight tool and that made it look grainy. This time I just used levels and some saturation.
Jim, thanks for standing that perch up. I didn't know who did it, but when I saw it I thought it was a great idea.

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by Alan Melle on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:39 am

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Great catch of the action! Good job of getting the face illuminated given the direction of the light.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:43 am

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Excellent action!!! A very nice shot!

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by Jim Zipp on Mon Jan 12, 2004 10:49 am

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RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto wrote:
Anthony Medici wrote:Great action. The image looks horribly over sharpened to me. Could be these early morning eyes but I don't think so. There are white specs all over the bird and branch.
Tony and Jim,
You are right the image also looked wrong to me. I think that I originally used the shadow/highlight tool and that made it look grainy. This time I just used levels and some saturation.
Jim, thanks for standing that perch up. I didn't know who did it, but when I saw it I thought it was a great idea.

Rich, Looks great now! You're quite welcome on the perch. Glad someone got something on it because I didn't!

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by Safariguy on Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:39 am

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Love the action, the colors, the bit of blur...and that eye...

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by Marc Oliver on Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:12 pm

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Great image and great timing!

I can relate to your comments about the 10D shutter button - it feels like a stale, dried-out marshmellow, only less responsive...