Really nice photo! Nice pose, if that is the right word. Did he stay still for long? Is it just me, or is the bird wearing a bad toupee?
Cheers Beaker On May 23, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Christian wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/396c5v > > This is a crested caracara (Caracara cheriway). Kinda like an eagle > crossed with a vulture. > > The ranch owner had a 3-person blind set up at the top of a slope with > some nice perches (logs, dead trees) and a pond downslope. It was > angled perfectly to catch the afternoon sunlight. Unfortunately for 2 > of the three days it was totally overcast. I got lucky on the only > day > we saw a sunset when it was my turn in the "hawk blind." The > caracaras > where baited in with dead cow parts (heart, kidneys, liver, etc.) and > got pretty close. > > I kinda like this shot because it is a little different view of a > raptor. > > For pixel-peepers: 20D 500mm F4L IS with 1.4x TC mounted on a > Manfrotto > 055Pro with Studioball and Wimberley sidekick. F8 1/200 ISO 100. A > little fill flash. Converted in ACR and edited in PSCS2 with minimal > sharpening and corrections for web display. Cropped slightly to a 4x5 > format for future printing but pretty much full frame (I'm thinking > it'll look nice 16x20). > > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
