harshaj1 wrote:
Pretty birds and excellent captures.
Harsha

Thanks Harsha.

Jude

KirkB wrote:
Beautiful hawk and very well captured Jude... 6, 9, and 10 are the standouts for me.

Kirk

Thanks for the picks Kirk. Glad you like them.

Jude

birdied wrote:
Fantastic Jude!!

Birdie

Thanks Birdie.

Jude

Jude, did you run NR on the feathers? They looks soft for some reasons.

morris wrote:
1, 4, 6 and the last are my picks Jude. I love the soft background and am wondering if you ran noise reduction on the feathers as they seem to have great detail in places and none in places I'd expect to see it. Overall these are very nice

Morris

Hi Morris, these were shot in fairly low ISO values. #1 is ISO 320. #2,5,6,7,8 and 10 with ISO400. #3 &4 with ISO 500 and #9 with ISO 640. However, I have ran noise reduction for all the images in Lightroom 3.1 (applied for the whole image) and further noise reductions (for only the BGs) in CS3.

Jude

KCollett wrote:
First and last for me. Nice looking bird, and I like that BG.

Thanks Ken.

Jude

troylim wrote:
Jude, did you run NR on the feathers? They looks soft for some reasons.

Hi troy, I have ran noise reduction for all the images in Lightroom 3.1 (applied for the whole image) and further noise reductions (for only the BGs) in CS3. That maybe the reason. When you look at the high res images they are not soft. However, when you resize and post them to the web the images looks bit soft. May be I have to take a different approach for web processing. Thanks for highlighting this.

Jude

Such a great bird and so well photographed here Jude!
Love the blue eyes and I'm curious what color they change to when the bird hits adulthood?

Tom

Great set Jude. And a very pretty raptor.

Thomas Sanders wrote:
Such a great bird and so well photographed here Jude!
Love the blue eyes and I'm curious what color they change to when the bird hits adulthood?

Tom

Thanks Tom for the kind comments. I think when the bird hits its adulthood eye colour changes to yellow.

Jude

Lars Johnsson wrote:
Great set Jude. And a very pretty raptor.

Thanks Lars. Glad to hear you enjoyed viewing them.

Jude

Wow, Jude.... Amazing series of a beautiful bird!

Well done

Koen.

KF wrote:
Wow, Jude.... Amazing series of a beautiful bird!

Well done

Koen.


Thanks Koen. Glad you like it.

Jude

Stunning series...stunning eyes Jude!

Great set Jude.
That's quite a stare in # 5.
Martin

Beautiful series of shots!

Howard

Wonder work... Everyone just right.
Kurt

Lovely set, hard to pic a favourite.

Beautiful set Jude, a real treat to view!

Paul.

Ted ellis wrote:
Stunning series...stunning eyes Jude!

Thanks Ted for the 2nd round.

Jude