Ferruginous & Harris Hawks

jecottrell

The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson has a great raptor freeflight program in the winter. I wish I could have done better with the flight shots...


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The lighting was tough, most of the action was into the sun. I think when I try it again I'll be a little more ready. It's amazing how much you learn by screwing it up.


Thanks for taking the time to look,

John


p.s. And C&C is always welcome.

traunerk

tough lighting....
sometimes you can help results if you are using a program allowing you to recover some shadows or tone down highlights - particularly if you shoot RAW and can develop twice - once for highlights and once for shadows. But one of the other rules i've learned is that it's very hard to take a great shot in bad light - whether not enough or sun directly overhead, etc...so sometimes, you just have to take what you get and plan for better conditions...hope that helps a little bit...

Regards...Keith

jecottrell

I see, essentially an HDR from a single image?


I think I concluded from that day I'd start shooting RAW and see if would give me more latitude during PP.


Thanks for the input,

John

spechtal

1 and 5 are totally intense gazes, very cool portraits

Harryb

traunerk wrote:

sometimes you can help results if you are using a program allowing you to recover some shadows or tone down highlights - particularly if you shoot RAW and can develop twice - once for highlights and once for shadows. But one of the other rules i've learned is that it's very hard to take a great shot in bad light - whether not enough or sun directly overhead, etc...so sometimes, you just have to take what you get and plan for better conditions...hope that helps a little bit...

Regards...Keith

You got some excellent captures in difficult lighting.

anwmn1

jecottrell wrote:

The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson has a great raptor freeflight program in the winter. I wish I could have done better with the flight shots...

Details Please

I'd make the drive down for something like this. Is it everyday or hit n miss?

jecottrell

Thanks Harry.


The show can be hit and miss from what I understand. They also fly different birds all the time. The day I was there, they didn't fly in the morning, just the afternoon. Weather can also determine whether they will fly or not. Here is a link to their info page:


Raptor Free Flight


I would call before committing to the trip and also watch the weather.

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful takes ! full of personality

windwood

Love the face shot.