Three more from today

evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
edited September 9, 2008 in Wildlife
Northern Harrier

harrier4.jpg

egret4.jpg

egret_w_fish3.jpg
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  • CatoCato Registered Users Posts: 287 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    #1, I love the sharp detail, vibrant color, and you got his wings in full spread! clap.gif

    #2, I like the coloration & reflection so much, I'll forgive the blown highlights. rolleyes1.gif

    #3, Wonderful you captured him with the little fish. :ivar
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    teriffic shots...love #2:ivar
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  • traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Nice!
    Rich - i think your first shot is a red-tail hawk (immature?) and not a harrier - but very nice with great detail nonetheless...

    Regards...KT
    evil eggplant wrote:
    Northern Harrier

    harrier4.jpg
    Beam me outta here!:winkKT
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Three very nice images. I love the light in the great egret images and your hawk image is very sharp with a beautiful blue sky. As
    traunerk
    pointed out, it's not a harrier though. I agree that it is probably an immature red tailed hawk.
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Nice set thumb.gif I agree the lighting in the second shot is beautiful.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Love them all iloveyou.gif

    Here is a thought: try turning down the blue saturation (sky) in the BIF shots. For me, it is a bit over powering, and by toning it down you can really get the bird to pop (jmho).

    These are all great images, tack sharp, with great lighting effects. clap.gif

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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Cato wrote:
    #1, I love the sharp detail, vibrant color, and you got his wings in full spread! clap.gif

    #2, I like the coloration & reflection so much, I'll forgive the blown highlights. rolleyes1.gif

    #3, Wonderful you captured him with the little fish. :ivar

    Exposing for egrets is tough, Could probably do a bit better of I spent some time with the image. Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated.
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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    EEK, I added that sky. The bif was down below in the frame so I did a clipping path around him and popped him over the color I chose. I'll take your advice and give it a try. Thanks a bunch for the nice words.

    Cheers
    dlplumer wrote:
    Love them all iloveyou.gif

    Here is a thought: try turning down the blue saturation (sky) in the BIF shots. For me, it is a bit over powering, and by toning it down you can really get the bird to pop (jmho).

    These are all great images, tack sharp, with great lighting effects. clap.gif

    Dan :D
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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited September 7, 2008
    Thanks everyone for the advice and for the commentsbowdown.gif

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2008
    Excellent images Rich. clap.gif
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