Great one. Beautiful color. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > WOW! Excellent job Birdman! > > Nice composition and everything. > > Tom C. > > > > >From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >Subject: PESO - Caracara > >Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 13:52:18 -0400 > > > >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 > >PDML@pdml.net > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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