birds in the hands

[Fionab]

have waited ages to do this shot unfortunately we ran out of light before we could do all that we wanted.... but i am very happy with what I got.
Big thanks World of Wings Cumbernauld for letting us use a couple of their birds - i realise a lot of folk wont be keen on the harsh lighting but it was purposely like this for dramatic effect.
Birds are Mishka who is a Steppes Eagle
and Kato who is a Gyr x Sakker Falkion Hybrid Thanks for looking
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 

[holty]

great shots

 

[tiercel]

Great shots, i did something along those lines about 6 years ago, fortunatly I have my owm birds to play with though....

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[SarahLee]

I think number 3 is outstanding Fiona.
The others are good, but in that one the lighting, the upward looking camera angle and the pose all seem to gel together.
Lovely B&W conversion too.

 

[Fionab]

Great shots, i did something along those lines about 6 years ago, fortunatly I have my owm birds to play with though....

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IM jealous ,, but im also very lucky in being able to get access to these birds, not quite as good as having your own but i am still very thankful for the good people at WoW for trusting me with their animals!

 

[Fionab]

thanks guys much appreciated!

 

[Carlh]

I could come out with something very rude (naughty) about the bird in hand phrase, but I am restraining myself !

Photos are great, very gothy - but beautiful. Lovely work Fiona

 

[Fionab]

hahaha behave! and thank you

 

[Jim.]

#3 stands out as the best to me

 

[The23rdman]

I'm sorry to go against the grain, but none of these are working for me.

1) Close, but you've completely lost the handlers left arm. You need to have her at an angle to allow some light to get past the bird.

2) Same problem. The bird is magnificent, but the light does not do either of them justice.

3) I can see what you're trying to do, but I don't like the uplight much.

4) Massively underexposed and very flat looking. Expression is not great either (not the bird!).

5) Same problem as the others with the light. If you'd had the key light the other side most of these issues would have been resolved, but, in essence, you've made a classic mistake when shooting multiple subjects - poor lighting position.

I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but with a bit more thought this could have been a great shoot.