Shot at the same time as my January Freestyle entry. I know this has some haloing but I love the look of pushing the processing for b/w. Oh yeah and I know the wing is cutoff, you try capturing these guys in action! We'll see how beat up I get.
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JB, this is among your best yet. The action you've captured is outstanding. Composition is dramatic and really enhances the action. You ought to be shooting for Audubon or something like it.
This looks quite a lot like something an artist would draw. It's not often that a wildlife photo has that quality of action and timing. This is nicely presented, and yes, I also see the halo, but as you said, it adds that "touch" that makes this very different.
dramatic capture. at first i thought it was too bad you lost the wing, and that it hurt the overall composition. but perhaps it does well to mimic the continuation of the tree. a bit over-sharpened as the edges are haloing for me. and i've decided to go with too bad you lost the wing ;) -8
Looks like an old painting. I think it's the postures; they're just classic looking to me. A bit of haloing in the trees but this is really an awesome capture.
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