November 9, 2006 - Hawk in flight outside an office window (by Denton)

11 Comments

• At 2006.11.09 03:28, Olivier said:

  une vraie peinture, bravo.

  a true painting, cheer

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• At 2006.11.09 03:59, Bunyamin Najmi said:

  denton, this photo is amazing…

  is that real bird or photosop’s effect ?

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• At 2006.11.09 04:53, Lachezar said:

  I’d say: mighty nice.
  Amazing that you can look out of your office window and see a hawk!

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• At 2006.11.09 04:59, krisz said:

  good timing! you did well tweaking with this effect

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• At 2006.11.09 05:14, kala said:

  What a great photoshop edit – I would not have been able to tell if you said nothing

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• At 2006.11.09 05:40, Edwin said:

  great PSing!

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• At 2006.11.09 07:33, Kate said:

  I’d kinda like the see the photo without the Photoshop tweaking, just to compare. The bird’s wingspred is awesome.

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• At 2006.11.09 08:55, midnitebara said:

  wow, very artistic. fantastic photo.

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• At 2006.11.09 08:55, Denton said:

  Thanks for your comments.

  Bunyamin Najmi, yes it is a real bird. The Photoshop effect I used was to highlight edges.

  Kate, check back later today. Over my lunch hour I will add a link to the original photo.

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• At 2006.11.09 17:54, RestedTraveler said:

  That’s one terrific shot, Denton! I’m so happy I live here in Greenville simply because we are fortunate enough to be part of this amazing urban-wilderness interface that we have here. We’ve got a few of these red-tailed hawks hanging out in my neighborhood, too. I occasionally see a falcon perched on the highway sign overlooking the I-85/I-385/Woodruff Road interchange while going southbound on I-385, as well. Simply amazing photo capture! :-)

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• At 2006.11.09 22:44, Denton said:

  Olivier, thank you.

  Bunyamin, I was very pleased. Definitely a real bird.

  Lachezar, I was in a co-workers office and this hawk landed on ledge. I took several photos before the bird flew off and I caught this shot.

  Krisz, I really wanted to share this photo and could not because of the reflection off the window. So tweaking was a last ditch effort which worked. Also, I am very pleased with the shutter speed on my camera. I was able to take two photo as the bird flew off.

  Kala, Edwin, and Midnitebara thanks

  RT, your right. Greenville is an outstanding place to live and take photographs.

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