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#563
This hawk came calling today. He sat on the mango tree in our garden and called out. I took a few shots (18) and he gave me a strange look :)

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#569
rpt said:
revup67 said:
Female House Finch caught with Prickly Pear juice on its beak..I just love how the bokeh effect came out on this one !
House Finch caught Red Handed, I mean Beaked! by Revup67, on Flickr
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Nice! What did you shoot it with? What were your settings? How far we're you?
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I learned that if you click on the photo (if it says on Flickr), it will take you to Flickr where the EXIF data to include camera, lens, settings, location etc are all usually listed :)
 
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#572
RPT - Serendipidy is correct..the settings are on the Flickr site under Actions / View EXIF data

They are: Canon 5D Mark III and 400mm 5.6 L - 1/1000 @ 5.6 ISO 640, +1/3 EV, Tv Setting about 15 feet away - thanks for the inquiry. Normally these Finches fly away but this one was so busy prying into the Prickly Pears it could care less about my presence.
 
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#579
Hi guys, Took this picture of a crow a few months ago. Would love some feed back!
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The photo lacks definition especially on the breast of the crow. We are unable to see any detail of the plumage and the lighting on your subject is not optimum. Since this bird is difficult in the first place to properly photograph and has very reflective shiny feather properties, its best not photo'd in any direct sun but more even or shaded light. I would also avoid using B&W processing with this subject as it buries it even more into the limited 256 gray colors that are available in your image. Stick with color.
 
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#580
revup67 said:
Hi guys, Took this picture of a crow a few months ago. Would love some feed back!
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The photo lacks definition especially on the breast of the crow. We are unable to see any detail of the plumage and the lighting on your subject is not optimum. Since this bird is difficult in the first place to properly photograph and has very reflective shiny feather properties, its best not photo'd in any direct sun but more even or shaded light. I would also avoid using B&W processing with this subject as it buries it even more into the limited 256 gray colors that are available in your image. Stick with color.
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Thank you for the feed back. I will try to hunt them down on a more overcast day! As you said the direct sunlight washed out the reflective properties on its feathers which is why I converted to BW sine the background green was rather over powering, or at least I thought so when I looked at it. This fellow was very play full but unfortunately I had limited time to take photos due to having to stand in the middle of a tax stand/round about.
 
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