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Challenge: Free Study 2015-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenge Stuff
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1
Lens: Olympus 150mm f/2.0 Zuiko Digital
Location: Anahuac, Texas, USA
Date: Nov 7, 2015
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2015

A Merlin (Falco Columbarius) looks at me from a fence post he is resting on during a rain storm at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA.

I also used the EC-20 for this shot (it's a 2x teleconverter) making the lens a 300mm ƒ4.0 (600mm effective reach with crop factor).

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 110
Avg (all users): 6.5593
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.5814
Avg (non-participants): 6.5000
Views since voting: 493
Views during voting: 115
Votes: 59
Comments: 5
Favorites: 1 (view)


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12/08/2015 11:54:59 AM
Beautiful bird! Nice work with the Olympus.
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12/08/2015 02:51:14 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Always a pleasure to critique an image of a subject I know well and see often. Lovely colours, great comp, the lighting is gorgeous and for a perched shot, still very dramatic and full of energy - the raindrops do a great job of making it clear what the weather was like and why the redtail has chosen to sit and wait out the rain. Great location too, a fencepost....and you got this with a 150mm. Fantastic work. Can't really find any fault! And I bet if you'd been able to get them coming in to land with that level of sharpness and clarity, that you would have been in the top 3.

Very well done, keep up the good work :-)

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2015 10:55:23 AM
Nice details and sharpness
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12/07/2015 12:38:50 AM
Beautiful!
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12/02/2015 09:37:45 AM
8 from me... I love that rain adding diagonals everywhere!
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