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Hawk And Prey
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Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Greenspring Valley
Date: Mar 15, 2005
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 15, 2005

 Its not often that I get the opportunity to get a picture like this. I was driving along a country road when I happened upon it. I turned the car around and came to a stop about 30 yards from the subject I took the picture through the window with my EF 75-300mm lens. As soon as I tried to lower the window to get a better look the hawk flew away.
I probably will not score very well on this picture as subjects like this are not well received on DPC. I just felt I wanted to display it none the less.
Cropped, slightly increased contrast, sharpened. The sun was shining directly on the carcass in the early morning and the meat shone bright red. At first I thought to try to desaturate the color a little as it seemed too bright, but decided to leave it alone as it helped to represent the sudden nature of this event.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/25/2005 07:52:47 PM
I don't realy think the hawk killed that deer.
 03/24/2005 09:01:09 PM
This is a spectacular wildlife composition! The color is good and the bird is beautiful, but the double image blur is a major distraction to me. This obviously isn't the type of shot you can go back and re-shoot. 5
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 03/23/2005 03:42:52 PM
I'm not sure how well this fits the challenge ( a bit gory)..but really it is too good a shot to ignore..someone is bound to want it! Well done on this capture!
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 03/23/2005 09:40:22 AM
Good tight focus - I find the highlights on the background a little distracting and it would have been nice to see him mantling over the carcass. Good luck
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 03/22/2005 08:27:06 AM
hawk and scavage. Background bright fuzzies are distracting
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 03/21/2005 09:07:56 PM
gross, I would have like to see it a bit sharper, it looks like you have camera movement
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 03/21/2005 04:41:24 PM
Really graphic and engaging photo. It looks like you have a bit of motion blur in it, though. 7
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 03/21/2005 08:25:26 AM
I don't like the focus in the weeds/grass.
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 03/21/2005 05:02:56 AM
Nice focus on the Hawk, pity everything else seems to be out...spot metering?
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 03/21/2005 03:03:46 AM
the hawk is in the shadow -hard to see
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