WOW! Excellent job Birdman! Nice composition and everything.
Tom C. >From: Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >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 >[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
