Terry Campanella
September 2023 - Crested Caracara Falcon
Original
About the Image(s)
I photographed this falcon during a visit to Flamingo Gardens which is a sanctuary for injured wildlife in Davie, Florida. As you will note in the original image, this falcon had one leg and was in a cage. Taken with my Nikon D 5200 on Manual Mode, Lens 55-300; Focal Length 240mm, Speed 1/160 sec., F/7.1 ISO 1250. Post processing Photoshop Basic adjustments, increasing the blur on the background, trying to sharpen front feathers. I used the clone tool to add a second leg to my image. Finally, I used ON1 to reduce the noise in the image and sharpen it.
Questions: Is the image over sharpened? Was adding the second leg necessary or would it have been better to leave it off?
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10 comments posted
Excellent head turned pose with eye highlight. Both with one leg or two make good photos. I guess one leg would create more interest.
Walter Posted: 09/09/2023 21:27:10
Walter Posted: 09/09/2023 21:27:10
(Group 11)
Your edited version is well done without "overcooking" anything. I especially love how you treated its eye and head - very crisp. If you were to have a title indicating it's in a sanctuary, then leave the leg as it was. You did a really good job with the cloning. The sharpening is fine. Posted: 09/15/2023 02:25:10
You didn't oversharpen. Sharpening and blurring the background are good.
You recovered the leg very good, but it is not necessary.
Posted: 09/17/2023 16:28:51
You recovered the leg very good, but it is not necessary.
Posted: 09/17/2023 16:28:51
The background looks so much better with the blurring. The sharpening looks good to me, you can see the texture in the feathers well and a catch eye in the eagle's eye. Posted: 09/19/2023 14:18:05
Thanks Renee. Sometimes I have difficulty figuring out how far to go with colors and textures based on my computer screen. Posted: 09/27/2023 13:23:11
Excellent shot of the bird. The image looks sharp and with natural colors. You have perfectly added the second leg (not necessary for the image). The background blur is good. Nice post processing. Well done. Posted: 09/21/2023 09:25:33
(Group 94)
This is my favorite and here in Florida, we see them perched on a post on the side of the road just like this. They go after road kill, and often get in fights with other scavengers. You did a terrific job of cloning in a leg, and bluring the fence. Posted: 09/22/2023 14:36:23
Thanks Judy. I life in south Florida and I have never seen them by the side of the road. I am going to have to look more carefully to try to spot them the next time I am driving north or on Alligator Alley. Posted: 09/27/2023 13:21:38
(Group 94)
You will most likely not see them on Alligator Alley or any high speed road. They are often on back roads near cattle fields. The roads around Immokolee and the native areas often have them. Posted: 09/27/2023 20:30:25
Good shot, and it's quite amazing how much you improved it - with blurring an unattractive background, and with sharpening and bringing out the details in the feathers and face. Posted: 09/29/2023 00:31:06