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Eyes on Prey

© Gunther Allen

Eyes on Prey

Uploaded: July 10, 2004

Description

aperture - f 5.6, shutter - 1/125, lens 50mm, location- at the San Diego Wildlife Park - I have a year's membership there! I did a little background PS work- just added some grain and lighting effects. The rest is right our of the camera. No tripod used.

Comments

Marie Fields July 10, 2004

Terrific capture, Gunther! #146595

Michelle D. Milliman July 10, 2004

Love the effects. Great work!! #641385

Gunther Allen July 10, 2004

Thank you Michelle and Marie. I had a beautiful subject to work with! -G #641456

Deborah Sandidge July 10, 2004

Beautiful capture, such expressive eyes he has! #641494

Gunther Allen July 10, 2004

Thank you Deborah. This bird has such expressive qualities. Unlike other birds of prey, you can actually pet and scratch this guys head. He almost goes into a trance as he lifts his head feathers and starts to look like Croucho Marks. It really is quite comical! -G #641502

Carolina K. Smith July 10, 2004

Very nice :) He looks very 'personable', not something you see in most avian portraits :)
Nice portrait! #641526

Karen Engelbreth July 11, 2004

Wonderful image, Gunther! #641942

Paula Showen July 19, 2004

Hi Gunther! This is a GREAT shot! I love it..perspective, color, clarity...everything! #659142

Dolores Neilson August 14, 2004

Many congrats on making finalist with your wonderful bird shot! Woo hooo! #707469

Claudia Kuhn level-classic August 14, 2004

Congrats Gunther! #708113

Deborah Sandidge August 14, 2004

Congratulations, Gunther! #708770

Gunther Allen August 14, 2004

Thank you Claudia and Dolores - Dolores it is so interesting that this particular photo was picked, since it was picked apart on photoblink. I feel betterphoto has a better view of photography on an artistic basis as opposed to just technical sharpness, etc. A tripod might of gotten me a sharper image here, but it is very nice that betterphoto noticed the artistic merit. #708793

Murry Grigsby August 14, 2004

Congrats Gunther!! #709608

Robin L. Wehrman August 16, 2004

Congratulations Gunther on this magnificent image, Well deserved!! #714379

Gunther Allen August 16, 2004

Thank you for your comments Robin and Murry. Always good to hear from you! -G #715250

Diane Dupuis August 26, 2004

Congrats - beautiful! #736901

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