Falcon, Hawk & Owl Portrait


I was at the State Park putting on a wildlife Photography Workshop for the OspreyFest festival. We had some very special guest attend the festival this year from the Santa Fe Raptor Center. The guests were kind enough to pose for some photos. These are injured or abandoned birds that are now used for education programs. They were used in 76 programs this year reaching 3200 children and 7100 adults.

It is organizations like this that help out our wild friends in need and so I decided that even if they are not Wild Free Ranging a little publicity about them would be a good thing.

Beautiful portraits Roger. Sharp, colorful, and nice BGs.

Steve

Some dyamo images Roger, wonderful job on the color and detail. I especially like the middle three, great job.

Doug

Bmetcan wrote:
Beautiful portraits Roger. Sharp, colorful, and nice BGs.

Steve

Hi to YA!!! Steve. Thank you for the nice comment and thanks for taking the time to look.



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Ohmygosh!! Sharp and clear, rich dark colors----what a treat to view!!

Perfect sharp and clear photos. I love the burrowing Owl. My favorite bird.

-Adam

Very nice set of portrait shots, all properly exposed and with nice detail. Thanks for sharing,
Socrate

Exellant job, Roger. They have a super program, for injured birds, some of them can never be freed., because of their injuries.
Tom

Doug Bentlage wrote:
Some dyamo images Roger, wonderful job on the color and detail. I especially like the middle three, great job.

Doug

Hi to YA!!! Mr. Doug. Thanks for the nice comment and for taking the time to look.


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I just received a nice E-mail for the folks at the Santa Fe Raptor Center thanking me for the photos I took and for posting them so the rest of the world will know that there are people trying to help out our wildlife friends that are in trouble. As a bonus they invited me down to meet all their other birds.


Burrowing Owl: name is Quigley

Merlin: Name is Kira

Red-tail Hawk: Name is Taka

Roger, these are all gorgeous images. Incredibly sharp with vivid color. Nice

Really well-done portraits, Roger, excellent exposure, highlight control and detail. My fave is the #4 Red-tail with the alert, defiant pose. Wildlife rehab centers are worthy of any donations and publicity we can give them, IMHO.

Best Wishes,
Steve

Excellent portraits Roger, I especially like the shots of the Hawk . Vern

JimLittle wrote:
Ohmygosh!! Sharp and clear, rich dark colors----what a treat to view!!

Thank you Jim for the kind comment and for taking the time to look.


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Adam73 wrote:
Perfect sharp and clear photos. I love the burrowing Owl. My favorite bird.

-Adam

Hi Adam, thanks for the nice comment and for taking the time to look.


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Nice photos. I really like the second to last... the pose is nice w/ the bg.

Shasoc wrote:
Very nice set of portrait shots, all properly exposed and with nice detail. Thanks for sharing,
Socrate

Socrate thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to look.

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tom cardin wrote:
Exellant job, Roger. They have a super program, for injured birds, some of them can never be freed., because of their injuries.
Tom

Mr. Cardin thank you for looking and for the nice words about my photos.


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Nice stuff, well captured... and thanks for bringing a bit more attention to these guys too.

ya dun guud Roger....maybe sharpen up the eyes a teeny bit

Roger -
What a wonderful opportunity for some fine quality portrait shots. I prefer my raptors "wild", but I'm totally behind organizations like this and the educational outreach that they provide to the public.
Fine job!
- Ken

MaggieBee wrote:
Roger, these are all gorgeous images. Incredibly sharp with vivid color. Nice


MaggieBee thanks for the kind comment and for taking the time to look.


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Very nice series.

trailhiker wrote:
Really well-done portraits, Roger, excellent exposure, highlight control and detail. My fave is the #4 Red-tail with the alert, defiant pose. Wildlife rehab centers are worthy of any donations and publicity we can give them, IMHO.

Best Wishes,
Steve

Hi Steve, thanks for the kind comments and for taking the time to look. Have fun on your trip.



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vernoinferno wrote:

Excellent portraits Roger, I especially like the shots of the Hawk . Vern

Vern thanks for looking and for the kind comment.


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