LARGE garden birds ?

[Cobra]

Caught this feeding in my back garden earlier

Part way into the moult and looking scruffy.

A Buteo jamaicensis. for the technically minded

You lookin' at me? you lookin' at me?
( if I wasn't so stuffed i'd kick ya' butt!)

Is this my best side?

I can fly higher than an an eagle
( well maybe tommorow when I have worked off this 6oz of dinner)

 

[Bev]

Beautiful bird, #3 is amazing ,shame #2 is slightly out of focus, but great series.

 

[moomike]

Great series mate - 3rd one for me
2nd looks a bit oversharpened though, the halo around the beak is quite obvious IMO.

 

[Ewan]

Yep #1 and #3 are great but I think #2 is oversharpened. Nice pics!

 

[Cobra]

Cheers guys. 1st attempt of #2 looked too soft so I re-did it and now over its over cooked, Oh bugger (the halo is obvious now you mentioned it Mike). Back to the drawing board

 

[nigelcampbell]

Try using the sharpen tool rather than sharpening the whole image - that will allow you to sharpen up the eye and feathers etc whilst avoiding halos and other artifacts.

 

[Cobra]

Try using the sharpen tool rather than sharpening the whole image - that will allow you to sharpen up the eye and feathers etc whilst avoiding halos and other artifacts.

Thanks for the tip Nigel, I have tried using it. I have gone from "not enough" to "not knowing where to stop"
One day soon I hope to find a happy medium
( but thats another story )

 

[Gandhi]

So is that your Red Tailed Hawk then chap?

 

[Cobra]

So is that your Red Tailed Hawk then chap?

He most certainly is Gandhi

 

[IanC_UK]

nice, cant add much to whats been said above really, found out the other day that a guy i used to go to school with, has a huge collection of birds of prey, and some of his owls were used in the Harry Potter films may have to get back in touch with him i think

 

[Gandhi]

He most certainly is Gandhi

Now if only I was allowed one of those instead of the bloody kitten we're getting in the week lol.


:thinks:

Kitten Vs Raptor.........Photo Opps Abound!!!!!!

 

[Cobra]

nice, cant add much to whats been said above really, found out the other day that a guy i used to go to school with, has a huge collection of birds of prey, and some of his owls were used in the Harry Potter films may have to get back in touch with him i think

Cheers Ian, not a guy by the name of "Jeff" by any chance?
I know a couple of people that have had an "interest" in Potter films

Now if only I was allowed one of those instead of the bloody kitten we're getting in the week lol.

:thinks:

Kitten Vs Raptor.........Photo Opps Abound!!!!!!

There just has to be a slapped wrist Emoticon around here somewhere