A long wait
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Well, I'm sorry. It's been a VERY long wait for you since my last update on here. I could tell you lots of good excuses, but in reality, I've just been busy!
Since some of you have been emailing on a fairly regular basis asking for me to update the blog, I have decided to come out of hiatus and post something.
This was taken earlier in the year at the mid-Wales falconry centre. It's a fantastic place to go if you like birds of prey. A group of 10 of us hired the centre for the day and had complete access to the birds and the falconer the whole time. They even included a very nice lunch.
Anyway, onto the shot. This is a juvenile goshawk feeding on a pheasant that had been put out for it. If you look carefully, you'll just see the feathers of the pheasant sticking up on the left hand side.
Others that have seen this image have asked how I did the Photoshop work to get the blurred foreground and background. The truth is, there is no Photoshop involved in the image at all, with the exception of the resize for web and obligatory sharpening.
The foreground was created by a using a shallow depth of field and getting very close to the ground. the longish grass has created the out of focus wash of green in front of the bird and helped obscure the gruesomeness of the pheasant, and more importantly, the jesses on the bird's legs.
For the techies among you, EOS-1D Mark III, EF400mm f4 DO IS USM + EF1.4x Extender
If any of you fancy a laugh at my expense, then take a look here. Yes, that is me...
I hope you all have a great Christmas. I will take the opportunity of a break to update my website, and maybe update the blog a little more frequently. But just in case, I wouldn't hold your breath!
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