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Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
JuliBoc


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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: Loxahatchee Nat. Wildlife Refuge, Delray Beach, FL
Date: Sep 8, 2006
Aperture: 3.7
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

Viewed: 998
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

 A lot of Photoshop work was done on this photo. I don't think it would qualify for Best of 2006. The wing tip was slightly out of the frame, and I created it via cloning. I also removed a lot of power lines and a couple of branches.

This was taken very early in the morning with the rising sun shining on the hawk.

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 09/14/2009 06:23:17 PM
Doing his morning exercises ;-) Really nice light and I love the wing position; I think you did a nice job with the cloning of the wing tip.
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 09/12/2009 04:34:50 PM
It's great, not easy getting these raptors to cooperate! Nice on the PP too!
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 09/11/2009 06:34:30 PM
Boy do i know how it feels to come so close to getting a really wow shot only for it to have technical flaws...ugh... I think could use a little noise reduction still?
But you did manage a good capture here. It is so close... nice work keep it up!
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 09/11/2009 05:51:46 PM
what a wonderful find! How lovely!
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 05/04/2007 08:21:13 PM
I'm speechless! This is fantastic!
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 02/08/2007 04:50:48 PM
HOLY cow! What a glorious shot. You and noraneko could host a wildlife shooting workshop.
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 02/05/2007 09:29:21 AM
This is beyond awesome! I never would have guessed at the cloning either. I sincerely hope you win with this one!
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 01/31/2007 09:50:09 PM
This is a great capture, but I agree it probably would not have passed the advanced editing test with the wing cloning. I was only able to tell because I take a ton of wildlife shots as well, and I suspected that thicker frame up top was due to cloning to finish out those wings.

It looks like you also may have been a little heavy-handed with the shadow/highlight tool here. Although I think it works very well on the hawk (his details are gorgeous), the sky looks a little washed out.

There is no doubt in my mind this will do well in the contest. You should be very proud of these outstanding photos!
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 01/31/2007 07:34:13 AM
Great job adding the wingtips! An excellent capture - beautiful light and a gorgeous subject.
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 01/30/2007 10:43:10 PM
spectacular.
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 01/18/2007 12:18:28 PM
Gorgeous capture and focus - excellent job on the cloning!! I would never have known! Like what you did with the frame, too.
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 01/16/2007 11:14:29 PM
Very nice capture and PP on this one! It must have been a thrill when you first saw this on the monitor.
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 01/16/2007 09:14:46 PM
Totally Fantastically beautiful !
Joanna
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