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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · My lucky day, the trifecta

I caught a bursht of this Cooper's Hawk leaving the tree behind our house

https://photos.smugmug.com/Raptors-Birds-of-Prey/i-k72H4xG/1/X2/Cooper%27s%20Hawk%20Takeoff%2020161010-X2.jpg

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Oct 10, 2016 at 12:13 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Nice Paul ~ Ron

Oct 10, 2016 at 12:32 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · My lucky day, the trifecta

surfnron wrote:
Nice Paul ~ Ron

Thanks Ron. Here's a shot prior to the hawks departure.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Raptors-Birds-of-Prey/i-t6DCSPQ/0/X2/Cooper%27s%20Hawk%2020161010-X2.jpg

Oct 10, 2016 at 06:58 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Excellent capture or captures, Paul! So, did you merge 3 images into one then? Just confirming.....

Joshua

Oct 10, 2016 at 07:29 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Nice ones Paul.

Birdie

Oct 10, 2016 at 10:15 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · My lucky day, the trifecta

These are 3 images loaded in a stack in Photoshop (File-Scripts-Load into Stack). The camera was in manual focus/exposure mode which boosts the frame rate from 6 to 9fps. In "Load into Stack" select auto align images.

AGeoJO wrote:
Excellent capture or captures, Paul! So, did you merge 3 images into one then? Just confirming.....

Joshua

Oct 11, 2016 at 06:31 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Thanks Birdied

birdied wrote:
Nice ones Paul.

Birdie

Oct 11, 2016 at 06:32 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · My lucky day, the trifecta

A little more work on the first pick to improve it I hope

https://photos.smugmug.com/Raptors-Birds-of-Prey/i-k72H4xG/2/X2/Cooper%27s%20Hawk%20Takeoff%2020161010-X2.jpg

Oct 12, 2016 at 01:48 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Paul: my monitor is HD and calibrated. Your color balance is off, too much cyan/blue.

Ted

Oct 12, 2016 at 02:50 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Neat idea, Paul.

Oct 12, 2016 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · My lucky day, the trifecta

I've taken a lot of blue out, Ted. It seems I have this problem with blue sky and direct sunlight white balance.
Paul

Ted ellis wrote:
Paul: my monitor is HD and calibrated. Your color balance is off, too much cyan/blue.

Ted

Oct 12, 2016 at 03:01 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Thanks. There's only so much you can do with it because you can't frame the bird too tightly
Paul

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Neat idea, Paul.

Oct 12, 2016 at 03:04 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · My lucky day, the trifecta

Very nice Paul

Morris

Oct 12, 2016 at 04:41 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · My lucky day, the trifecta

I personally do not care for these types pf pictures, to much computer trickery. However I do like the single hawk photo

Gary

Oct 12, 2016 at 05:57 PM


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