Cleared for landing

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:23 am

These were taken on a bright sunny day during a visit to the Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ last week. The hawk was tethered to a docent's arm and participates in a raptor free flight demonstration.

All taken with Canon EOS 5D, 300mm f/4L IS USM with 1.4x extender

1/3200 sec. @ f11. Iso 1600

1/1250 sec. @ f11. Iso 1600

1/1600sec. @ f5.6. Iso 1600

Thanks for looking.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:02 pm

Three super shots there gslaten. I like the way the dragonfly has his legs positioned on that one little stalk and the hawk is very cool looking

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:31 pm

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the compliments. It was a good day for insects as well as the animals.

Gary

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:38 pm

Hey Gary!

We haven't had a post from you in quite awhile, good to hear from you. A great set of photographs you have posted here, I especially like that hawk. I have a big one that flys near the house here but he doesn't get to close. Thanks Gary!

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:51 pm

Hi Ken,

Thanks to you too. It was a fun day at the Desert Museum. I will probably post a few more from that visit as I have time to work on them.

Gary

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:28 pm

Wow knockout shots, really good!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:59 pm

Nice!

But let me give you just a little suggestion. Try to put your ISO and shutter speed settings lower. ISO 1600 is too high esspecialy on a bright sunny day. ISO 200 or less could be fine and 1/1000 or slower for the most of a non fast moving objects. If you make these chnages in the future you will get a much better results in my opinion. Keep shooting.

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:30 pm

Thanks Cyclops and thank you very much for the advice MacroLuv. I will indeed heed your suggestions.

Gary

Hatch1921 · Post by **Hatch1921** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:57 pm

Nice shots Gary. Can I apply a little post processing and then post the after shots?

Hatch

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:57 am

Sure Hatch, look forward to the results.

Gary,

Hatch1921 · Post by **Hatch1921** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:22 pm

HI there, sorry for the delay. Busy week!

Noise reduction with Noise Ninja... adjusted the tones in PSCS2...

The original is a little over exposed but still a decent shot.

Slight tonal adjustment on this one.

Slight adjustment to the tones... minor sharpening on the eye.

Nice shots all around...just a few modifications...
Hatch

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:19 pm

Hi Hatch,

Thanks for the rework. It is nice to see how they can be improved . I see definite improvements in all 3 of them.

Gary

Hatch1921 · Post by **Hatch1921** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:37 pm

Glad you like the tweaks. Nice shots, Hatch