I made a visit to the North Carolina Raptor Center again today for the purpose of photographing the birds. This photo is a talon from a red tail hawk. This piece is passed around through the crowd at the weathering area show on the weekends so everyone can get a 'touch' experience. When I noticed this piece on the table with the stark shadow under it, I decided to snap a few photos.
Post Processing:
1. Desaturated Completely
2. Level Adjustments: None
3. One pass of the 'Sharpen' filter
4. Resized to 620 pixels on long side
5. Added 2 pixel white border
6. Added 18 pixel black border
Canon EOS 10D
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro Lens
File: CRW_3246.CRW
File size: 7,694KB
Image Serial Number: 132-3246
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.0
Date/Time: 2004:02:22 14:27:49
Shutter speed: 1/45 sec
Aperture: 11
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 100
Lens: 105.0 mm
Focal length: 105.0mm
AF mode: Manual Focus
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 8: RAW+JPEG mode: large, fine
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I like the off centered subject, and the way the claws just touch the wood, like they were as pointy as needles. I don't like the high contrast, there are a lot of details lost in the shadows, and a few spots that are blown out.
Interesting photo here! - I like how the shadows act as a mirror of the claw, the 3rd nail looses clarity by blending into the shadow, but overall nice image- 8
Talons are hardly mundane unless you live or work in an aviary they are not commonplace at all. Regardless you have taken this talon and might look more extraordinary than it is already with the excellent texture contrasts, detail and the superb shadow. Ribbon please.
What a great shot. I dont think many of us see talons in everyday life, however I do think it meets the challenge because I have see a ton of bird photos here, but none have depicted the lower extremity in such way. Nice photo !
Terrific work. I love the subject, lighting, shadow, detail. I will be relaly nitpicky and say I wish the tip of the rightmost talon wasn't lost in shadow. A minor point (ha!).
This one is fascinating because I can look at it in abstract - ignore that part is the object and part is the shadow and see them just as "shape" - and that works - or I can look at the object itself and that works too. and I love the texture of the wood with all it's scratches so evident - the angle of the grain within the photo is just right too - I like that hint of diagonal line that you have in the wood crack.
the subject matter is great! It seems a little dark to me, or it has too much contrast for my tastes...I would have cleaned up the black too with no white specks showing...I believe this photo has the potential to be a really great photo!! Oh...I also like the composition....really grabs your eye right from the start....
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