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Caracara takes off

Wowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, to be free as a bird.
cloud opening ,,, looks beautiful
check it...
Caracara takes off by wili_hybrid.
A mountain caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus) taking off at Machu Picchu, Peru. October 2007. 
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Schooksonruss  Pro User  says:

awesome shot...!

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Willie_ZA  Pro User  says:

WOW - Absolutely stunning shot. Well done!!
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Berni Beudel  Pro User  says:

very very nice photo!! nice contrast, light etc.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Peter ●●initram5● says:

AMAZING! Like a movie shot.


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OriginalArnie  Pro User  says:

Beautiful colours and texture!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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FilmFree  Pro User  says:

Out of this world!
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Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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singhsardar  Pro User  says:

very nice shot!!!
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tingle222 says:

HOW FREAKIN' COW...i love that! VERY well done!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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rockstar ;)  Pro User  says:

great capture!
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silviaON  Pro User  says:

fantastic capture and treatment !!
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c7a7r7r7i7e  Pro User  says:

Intense!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Sna7ch  Pro User  says:

I'm yet to understand how do you take a photo in HDR with a moving subject looking that sharp.

Nevertheless, I like it :)

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philafoodie  Pro User  says:

Extraordinary shot.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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zerega  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Andino, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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kupo. says:

love this, is it from a single file?

i never know what to do with all the sliders to get the best results anymore.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Francesco Gallarotti  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Green Tea Gallery, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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ausfi  Pro User  says:

There it goes!
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Anthony Lujan  Pro User  says:

Oh my gosh...that is just freak'n awesome!!!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Braintrove.com says:

Absolutely amazing!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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sausyn  Pro User  says:

really nice capture
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SpiffyJ says:

This is hot!
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hummusmama  Pro User  says:

Incredible!
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Shenanigans in Japan  Pro User  says:

fantastic capture, colours, tone, everything. im guessing you shot a raw and split it up?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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wili_hybrid  Pro User  says:

PL: "split it up"?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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beebo wallace  Pro User  says:

This is an incredible photograph ...
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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jayesh joshi says:

amazing !!!!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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aguayo  Pro User  says:

beautiful.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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dombower83 says:

amazing shot i really have to learn photoshop!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

yjdelux [deleted] says:

epic..
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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willcorit  Pro User  says:

Oh!
Magnifica!
Complimenti...la miglior foto di Flickr del mese!
Soggetto ed esecuzione in HDR da oscar!!!!
Complimenti !!!!!!!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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nikkormaten says:

Amazing.
Such a mystery place
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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ishtar olivera says:

This is too much!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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MarcoFromPeru says:

Incredible, muchas gracias por la fotografia ... increible
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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Marco Schenone  Pro User  says:

This is Perú! thank you!

Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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atdakore says:

Pretty sure you couldn't capture all three exposure needed and still have the bird in the same place.
Question is; did you add the bird afterwards?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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plong  Pro User  says:

The birds have been pasted over the background (the mote in the sky is most likely also a bird). I can tell because the photo has been sent through a noise-reduction filter causing vertical and horizontal quantization uniformly throughout the photo... except for areas around the birds. A smoothing tool has apparently been used to better integrate the pasted images onto the background, thus causing otherwise inexplicable smoothing around the edges.

In general, when you see fast-moving objects in a photo, it is either a cut-and-paste job or is fake HDR.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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reallocalcelebrity  Pro User  says:

real or fake HDR, don't care. that is one pretty image. nice work.
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wili_hybrid  Pro User  says:

plong: you're quite wrong. No composition work whatsoever has been done (I can share you the original RAW file). This is a single-exposure HDR -- tone-mapping has been performed for a single RAW file. There's nothing "fake" in it -- in this case the tone-mapping operator has done a 12->8 bit quantization. Had I used more exposures, I could've grown the number of bits to perhaps 13,14,15 -- but, as you said, multiple exposures don't work well with moving objects.

The reason why the bird looks a bit "pasted" is that I took a 12mm wide-angle lens and approached the (rather tame) bird very slowly -- I managed to get within inches of it before it took off. Wide-angle lenses aren't usually used for such close-up shots.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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tero_maaniemi  Pro User  says:

Aivan uskomaton edelleen. Piti ihan palata katsomaan uudelleen, kun en ole aikoihin kurkannu. Jos minäkin isona....
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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khiaaok says:

an eagle
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robert621 says:

superb work
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bluebird0927 (In & Out)  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called FRIENDS! ~ Comment 2/Invite, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Superb photography!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Thiago Pinheiro says:

congrats.

nice picture and amazing moment!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Alex Linebrink says:

Thanks for the awesome HDR. It rocks.

I've featured you in my latest post @ www.thatindiedude.com . You can find it here: www.thatindiedude.com/2008/10/inspired-3-hdr- photos-flickr/ Feel free to share the link to help you and some other awesome photographers get some more exposure :)

Keep up the AWESOME work!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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siodre  Pro User  says:

amazing!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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dclement007  Pro User  says:

Extraordinary!
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Rastros e Milongas says:

GREAT!

Do you know a music intitled "El Condor Pasa"?

;)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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zoe-delay  Pro User  says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe 50.000 Views, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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-Kevin Wells- says:

Amazing!
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fro_Ost  Pro User  says:

fantastic o_O
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rcokhead says:

wow
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Goldenboi24k  Pro User  says:

Perfect shot !!!
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Patagonita [deleted] says:

Esta foto esta fantástica y me gustaría que la agregues y te unas al grupo:
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Extremo Sur.

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Luis Marín  Pro User  says:

Amazing shot and light!

Excellent!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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vicho* says:

i don't get it, how do you take HDRI pictures with motion targets ?!
:S
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Brian Nori says:

Excellent HDR. Well Done! The detail in this HDR is amazing. I am an Admin for a new group called Masters of HDR and I'd love to have this added to the group!-Brian www.esudbury.ca
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batabidd  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Jewels (The very best of Flickr), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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stamy says:

wow!!!
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Soleil is me.  Pro User  says:

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Nene 0 hidratoso says:

Preciosa, espectacular!!
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Himanshu Marathe says:

awesome, amazing, and truly spellbinding shot
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Nikographer [Jon]  Pro User  says:

digg.com/d1oJcp
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R.P. Piper  Pro User  says:

Great pict,good technique,thanks for the HDR tip.
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Denis Hawkins says:

Very well done image. One of those special images :)
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zosxavius says:

awesome, what did you use for the tone mapping? photoshop?
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<wikd>  Pro User  says:

I found this on Digg! Epic shot!
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BlueisCoool  Pro User  says:

A  Fave
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sparkleanimesh  Pro User  says:

this is brilliant photography
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Scott Ingram Photography  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1-2-3 HDR (Post 1 - Comment 2 - View 3), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Stunning shot!
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Pez-O-Vision  Pro User  says:

wow, what a capture., what a great shot!
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adrian_pozo says:

wow
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Izakigur  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Les Amis du Petit Prince (Public)Post 1 Award 3, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Well-done!
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Light Painters Society - HQ 5 stars only -, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Craig Hurst Photography  Pro User  says:

what a breathtaking capture!
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jmswllms says:

That must have been breath taking to witness, do you fell bliss
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ALL!!!!!!!!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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Ricky Ramos  Pro User  says:

ALL!!!!!!!! Its great picture, beautiful demonstration of art! Beautiful photo...
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Shoeven says:

woooow
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Goldenboi24k  Pro User  says:

Is this a single HDR ????
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pim van den heuvel  Pro User  says:

that's very cinematic.
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Great shot ++++++++++++
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great shot....
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Juan Cardona Arango says:

10/10
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What a shot
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This is one of a kind.
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Great shot!
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amazing shot!! well done!
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE WORLD IN ACTION, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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