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Gyrfalcon



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cameraNIKON D300

settings Aperture f/5.3 ISO 200 Shutter 1/25 

upload_dateJul, 2013

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13 Comments |
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo July 10, 2013
Very nice work. Voted
blhartman
blhartman July 10, 2013
Thank you for the kind words and the vote.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta July 10, 2013
Great capture. Congratulations.
blhartman
blhartman July 11, 2013
Thank you Alan.
dianetullett
 
dianetullett July 12, 2013
Great photo voted !!
blhartman
blhartman July 12, 2013
Thank you for the kind words and the vote.
jleiweke
 
jleiweke July 14, 2013
Congrats!
blhartman
blhartman July 15, 2013
Thank you jleiweke
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel July 15, 2013
This is oh so good. Voted. I want to capture falcons, osprey, and kestrals. You are invited to view my raptors.
bud82520
 
bud82520 July 15, 2013
Nice work!
blhartman
blhartman July 16, 2013
thank you texaaronpueschel.
blhartman
blhartman July 16, 2013
Thank you bud
mylene_ralph
 
mylene_ralph July 25, 2013
Stunning capture.
blhartman
blhartman July 25, 2013
Thank you mylene
Forzix
 
Forzix August 05, 2013
love this shot!
blhartman
blhartman August 06, 2013
Thank you Forzix
billebbing
 
billebbing January 06, 2014
Very nice shot.
blhartman
blhartman January 06, 2014
Thank you
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annevyhagen September 09, 2015
Beautiful :) Hugs from Annie :)
Notusinganymore
 
Notusinganymore October 06, 2015
I have never seen a bird like this, before. Just beautiful.
genewalker
 
genewalker October 11, 2015
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phyllisbennett
 
phyllisbennett December 20, 2015
Love the birds! Awesome capture
blhartman
blhartman December 20, 2015
Thanks

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#white #grey #wildlife #bird #falcon #raptor #nature
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at the Pt. Defiance Zoo in Tacoma Washington

Time

The image was taken at 1:16 in the afternoon.

Lighting

This image was taken inside a building and the Gyrfalcon was behind glass. No flash was used.

Equipment

Camera body was Nikon D300, Lens was Nikkor 18-200mm, no flash, no tri or monopod.

Inspiration

This guy/gal had jumped down on the stump right in front of the viewing glass and it's eyes drew me into it. The black contrast on the white perfectly laid feathers we screaming take a picture of me.

Editing

Yes, because I shoot in RAW I always send my photo's through lightroom, that after I have saved the originals I can do some minor processing and then when I save the processed image I can change it over to JPEG. The processing I would have done would have been leveling out the image, and a little clarity bump.

In my camera bag

My Lowepro SlingShot 302 AW Camera Bag has a Nikon D300 body, Nikkor 18-200mm lens, Sigma 10-20mm lens, Sigma 105mm lens, Nikkor 50mm lens, many different filters, extra battery, extra memory cards, cleaning brush and clothes, glove with index finger missing, hair ties, note pad, pens, aspirin, sinus medication, handi-wipes, emergency thermal blanket to use on the ground to keep out of the mud when on knees, stomach or behind.

Feedback

As this was just a lucky shot, in that the Gyrfalcon stayed still while I positioned myself and the was no ghosting on the glass that was between us I really can't give any specific advice on this other than to say if you see a shot try it you never know what might happen.

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