Caracara takes off

Wowwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, to be free as a bird.

cloud opening ,,, looks beautiful

check it...

A mountain caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus) taking off at Machu Picchu, Peru. October 2007.

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Schooksonruss says:

awesome shot...!

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Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Willie_ZA says:

WOW - Absolutely stunning shot. Well done!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Berni Beudel says:

very very nice photo!! nice contrast, light etc.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter ●●initram5● says:

AMAZING! Like a movie shot.

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Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

OriginalArnie says:

Beautiful colours and texture!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

dragon caiman says:

great
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Out of this world!

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Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

singhsardar (winter is nearly gone...yoohoo!) says:

very nice shot!!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

tingle222 says:

HOW FREAKIN' COW...i love that! VERY well done!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

rockstar ;) says:

great capture!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

silviaON says:

fantastic capture and treatment !!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

c7a7r7r7i7e says:

Intense!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Yvo PT 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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Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

philafoodie says:

Extraordinary shot.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

zerega says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Andino, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Francesco Gallarotti 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.

In memory of my father (12/31/1922 - 12/9/2006)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

ausfi says:

There it goes!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Anthony Lujan says:

Oh my gosh...that is just freak'n awesome!!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Braintrove.com says:

Absolutely amazing!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

sausyn says:

really nice capture
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

SpiffyJ says:

This is hot!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

hummusmama says:

Incredible!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

fantastic capture, colours, tone, everything. im guessing you shot a raw and split it up?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

wili_hybrid says:

PL: "split it up"?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

beebo wallace says:

This is an incredible photograph ...
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jayesh joshi says:

amazing !!!!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

aguayo says:

beautiful.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

dombower83 says:

amazing shot i really have to learn photoshop!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

yjdelux [deleted] says:

epic..
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

willcorit says:

Oh!
Magnifica!
Complimenti...la miglior foto di Flickr del mese!
Soggetto ed esecuzione in HDR da oscar!!!!
Complimenti !!!!!!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

nikkormaten says:

Amazing.
Such a mystery place
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

StrawberryFairy says:

This is too much!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

MarcoFromPeru says:

Incredible, muchas gracias por la fotografia ... increible
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Marco Schenone says:

This is Perú! thank you!

Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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 11 months ago. ( permalink )

plong 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 11 months ago. ( permalink )

reallocalcelebrity says:

real or fake HDR, don't care. that is one pretty image. nice work.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

wili_hybrid 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 11 months ago. ( permalink )

tero_maaniemi says:

Aivan uskomaton edelleen. Piti ihan palata katsomaan uudelleen, kun en ole aikoihin kurkannu. Jos minäkin isona....
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

khiaaok says:

an eagle
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

robert621 says:

superb work
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Bluebird0927 (Summer Hrs) 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 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Thiago Pinheiro says:

congrats.

nice picture and amazing moment!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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 10 months ago. ( permalink )

siodre says:

amazing!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

dclement007 says:

Extraordinary!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Rastros e Milongas says:

GREAT!

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

;)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

zoe-delay 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 7 months ago. ( permalink )

-Kevin Wells- says:

Amazing!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

fro_Ost says:

fantastic o_O
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

rcokhead says:

wow
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Goldenboi24k says:

Perfect shot !!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Patagonita [deleted] says:

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

Extremo Sur.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Luis Marín says:

Amazing shot and light!

Excellent!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

vicho* says:

i don't get it, how do you take HDRI pictures with motion targets ?!
:S
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

batabidd away:(moving countries) 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!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

stamy says:

wow!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Soleil is me. says:

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Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Nene 0 hidratoso says:

Preciosa, espectacular!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Himanshu Marathe says:

awesome, amazing, and truly spellbinding shot
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Nikographer [Jon] says:

digg.com/d1oJcp
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

R.P. Piper says:

Great pict,good technique,thanks for the HDR tip.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Denis Hawkins says:

Very well done image. One of those special images :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

zosxavius says:

awesome, what did you use for the tone mapping? photoshop?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

<wikd> says:

I found this on Digg! Epic shot!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

BlueisCoool says:

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sparkleanimesh says:

this is brilliant photography
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Scott Ingram Photography 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!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Pez-O-Vision says:

wow, what a capture., what a great shot!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

adrian_pozo says:

wow
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Izakigur away Summer time 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!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Izakigur away Summer time says:

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!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Craig Hurst Photography says:

what a breathtaking capture!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Startlike says:

Great shot! Your photo is being featured on Startlike May 7th, 2009!
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Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

jmswllms says:

That must have been breath taking to witness, do you fell bliss
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Ricky Ramos says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ALL!!!!!!!!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Ricky Ramos says:

ALL!!!!!!!! Its great picture, beautiful demonstration of art! Beautiful photo...
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

Shoeven says:

woooow
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Goldenboi24k says:

Is this a single HDR ????
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

pimvandenheuvel says:

that's very cinematic.
Posted 8 days ago. ( permalink )

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Great shot ++++++++++++

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Caracara takes off

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