A Cute Buzzard?

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• arfer (0)
• [2006-11-15 21:38]

Hello Scott

Great portrait of this buzzard.I have never heard of this bird either.Wonderful colours and the plumage detail and textures are very sharp and clear.I love the bright orange feet!Excellent POV and DOF.TFS a new one.

Rob

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• cecilia (4630)
• [2006-11-15 21:49]

Excellent capture -- detail and dof just great! Deserves many, many more points and comments.
Cecilia

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• greenpinkorange (1789)
• [2006-11-15 22:40]

Very nice.
I love the colors and the pose. Good POV. and it's nice to see some surroundings around. DOP is nice too.
Thanks for sharing.
Steph

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• Dave (2178)
• [2006-11-15 22:54]

Wow Scott!

The clarity is superb here! The pose is excellent, and the composition is perfect in my book!

Very nice!

Thanks,

Dave

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• jcoowanitwong (13754)
• [2006-11-15 23:32]

Hello Scott,
Beautiful specimen. Nice close up with crisp clear picture and all details to appreciate. Very well done and TFS.
JC

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• shal (2140)
• [2006-11-15 23:34]

What a cute and lovely capture, great pose aswell,
lovely work :D
Cheers :D

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• lovenature (6391)
• [2006-11-15 23:55]

Hi Scott
A cute Buzzard in deed, he looks similar to a Merlin (a type of falcon). He has such a great feather pattern. You captured him so nicely on his perch. Great lighting, not harsh at all. A great portrait of this cute little buzzard. Good notes and framing.
TFS Janice
....how about those Flames :)

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• takos1 (2607)
• [2006-11-16 1:43]

Ciao Scott,
bellissimo questo ritratto di uccello, ottimi i dettagli ed i colori, bravo!

Grazie.
Franco

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• coasties (28054)
• [2006-11-16 2:31]

Hi Scott

Yes, I think it is cute! Nice pose from this fella. Lovely plumage colour. I like the colour of his 'shoes'! TFS my friend!

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• blakitan (5517)
• [2006-11-16 4:00]

Hi Scott,
Nice DoF, well focused and neat blurry BG. Well captured and nicely composed picture.
Great shot.

Ben Lakitan

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2006-11-16 4:38]

Great details and sharpness, perfect composition and great colours. Excellent work. Well done, Scott. Thank you for posting.
Gr.
Heinz

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• chiliu (6526)
• [2006-11-16 6:25]

Hi Scott,
Great shot on this beautiful Buzzard with wonderful pose, the lighting and exposure are also perfectly done.
Thanks for sharing!
Chi

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• wkshelton (5492)
• [2006-11-16 8:59]

Hello Scott,

excellent work, Great details, very crisp, Nicly composed and capture photo, excellent work,

TFS Kyle

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• dew77 (13270)
• [2006-11-16 10:34]

Hello Scott,
Wonderful capture.POV,warm lighting,clear details,simple BG,3D effect and composition are excellent.
TFS...:-)

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• Alex99 (23735)
• [2006-11-16 11:17]

Hi Scott.
What a nice and unusual colour palette of your beautiful picture. Great BG whose beauty harmonizes with grey tone of the bird excellently. The super detailed image of bird harmonize with nice blurriness of the BG perfectly too. Great job and TFS.
Alexei.

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• Hil (5035)
• [2006-11-16 11:46]

Hi Scott,

Great shot, I have never heard of these type of Buzzards before so its nice to see them for the first time, lovely composition and a great POV, nice feather detail and lovely colours and I also love the Orange feet.

TFS Hilary :o)

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• ramthakur (56953)
• [2006-11-16 12:19]

Hi Scott,
I have seen this bird for the first time, Scott. It is possible that this is the first ever picture of this buzzard on TN.
Great picture from the best possible point of view. Perfect focus, sharpness, colors and details.
Thanks to the organization you have referred to, the bird seems to be in good health.
TFS and bye.
Ram

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• reina (2032)
• [2006-11-16 12:24]

Hi Scott beaytiful this buzzard with autum colours. Never seen it like this, indeed very cute. Great POV, good sharpness and crop. Well done, regards reina

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• greghume (2160)
• [2006-11-16 12:42]

Hi Scott
Perhaps the best looking buzzard I have ever seen - very interesting coloration. The shot is well done, compo, focus and saturation is first rate. Background is nicely OOF as well. Regards.
Greg

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• wuta (2142)
• [2006-11-16 13:38]

Hello Scott , A Very nice one good light and fine point of vieuw ,the details ar realy nice ,good pov pose and bg ,good job ,Greetings Teunie .

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• fastshot (464)
• [2006-11-16 16:28]

Excellent birds shot,the picture is so sharp,lots details on the body.TFS

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• PDP (11769)
• [2006-11-16 18:34]

Hi Scott, very interesting buzzard! Lovely colours and good details here. Very nice lighting too, well done.

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• manyee (23770)
• [2006-11-16 20:48]

What a very special bird you are sharing with us, Scott.
Sounds like a lot of firsts for everybody.
It is indeed a cute buzzard.
I love his colors and patterns and fluffy feathers.
Great pose and POV.
TFS. : )

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• claudine (0)
• [2006-11-17 6:27]

Hello Scott,
I don't know this specie!!! What a strange raptor! I'm amazed by the pattern on its plumage and this superb contrast between his gray color and the bright orange. This is a beauty all right and you caught excellent details in a very good composition and POV. Wow, a great capture! Well done and TFS,
Claudine

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• horia (16656)
• [2006-11-17 8:21]

Hi Scott

Indeed a very new species to my eyes and knoledge, too! I raelly love TN for this!
Poor fellow...he's been through a lot...i'm glad he's ok now :)
The picture is great! The POV and colors are very beautiful and excellently managed. Also the sharpness is good and the look in his eyes is impecable!
Very well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• ScottHale (420)
• [2006-11-17 9:39]

Scott,
Awesome post my friend. I have been waiting for you to post this guy! I am totally fascinated by the uniqueness of this bird. His chest plumage and bright orange feet make him a beautiful bird. It's hard to believe he is a buzzard, isn't it. I think your composition here is perfect and the shallow DOF is simply outstanding. I posted a forum on TL, asking for "One of a kind" photo's, this one fits the bill. At least in the U.S. I got some decent shots of this guy, this one is perfect. I am glad you left some notes, it will make people appreciate this bird more.
Great job,
Scott

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• metcher (4284)
• [2006-11-17 13:16]

Hi, Scott.
Interesting bird. Very good exposure, light and composition. Good details on bird.

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• jmp (8415)
• [2006-11-17 13:28]

Hi Scott,
Beautiful buzzard. Excellent colors, details and composition. Background is lovely too and make an excellent contrast against the bird.
TFS, José m.

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• saguzar (7202)
• [2006-11-17 18:55]

Hi Scott,
Certainly a cute buzzard, an interesting portrait with a unusual and textured BG. well done despite you take it with soft light.
Cheers
Hernán

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• SkyF (8073)
• [2006-11-18 9:48]

Hi Scott,
great shot, nice details and very good sharpness. The BG goes very well with the grey plumage of the bird. Nice POV and good colors. A well composed picture.
TFS..Sky

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• loot (11276)
• [2006-11-18 20:25]
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Hi Scott

Congratulations with this TN first. I believe you are correct in saying that this bird did not feature on TN before. I have gone a bit further just to see what photos are available on the internet. What I found is that this photo, although not the only one of this species, is (IMHO) by far the best available on the whole of the internet. Very well done.

During my recent Kruger Park trip I was fortunate enough to see a total of 6 of these birds. Unfortunately I did not have an opportunity to photograph any one of them as I could only view it through my binoculars and lick my lips. It is a lovely bird and your amazing photo does extreme justice to its beauty. You’ve captured exquisite details of its magnificent plumage and reproduced the colours in all its spectacular splendour. Signal red is the international colour to indicate danger, but unfortunately for any lizard or rodent that falls prey to this bird, they always see those brightly coloured claws too late. The OOF potpourri of colours in the BG compliments the dove-grey colours of this little raptors plumage. The exposure was perfectly managed and it seems like you had to pull all the stops with ISO400, F/11, 1/40 shutter speed, and fill-in flash with even red-eye reduction (huh?).

Fabulous work my friend and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• pablominto (14563)
• [2006-11-19 1:29]

Hello Scott,
Superb details in this well groomed fellow!
He gives you a lovely pose, and the spots of strong colours make a great contrast...
Well composed presentation!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• ellis49 (2254)
• [2006-11-19 1:36]

Hi Scott,
never seen or even not heard of the beautiful bird before.
The plumage look so soft and have a beautiful pattern.
Good details, nice colours and good POV.
Very well done, my friend.

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• fransie (0)
• [2006-11-19 6:43]

Hi Scott
I like this one very much. It is a very cute little bird. Great detail all over, but especially at the nose and beak. Nice contrast with the out of focus background.
Regards and TFS
Franscois
Ps. as always, thanks for your detailed note. I am buying books now, so that in future I can give decent info on my animals as well.

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• carper (8439)
• [2006-11-19 7:04]

fantastic Scot,
great shot, good capture and what a great details, the composition is good and the pov is very nice, good job.
gr. jaap

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• CTP (2726)
• [2006-11-20 2:02]

Hi Scott,
Excellent Buzzard capture my friend.
I like your pov,dof,focus,sharpness,blurred bg,note and colors.TFS
Chris

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• marhowie (486)
• [2006-11-20 8:04]

Great work Scott.
Excellent pose, DOF, color, pose, light, and sharp details. Nicely composed. I like the OOF BG pattern of colors I see, they compliment the subject well.
Have a Great Week!

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• marmottelolo (14697)
• [2006-11-20 11:29]

hi scott
magnifique cet oiseau,j'aime beaucoup ses couleurs.
de bons details est une netteté sans reproche possible.felicitations.
laurent

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• mbasil (3320)
• [2006-11-20 11:56]

Yes, that is a good looking bird, and I'd think it closer to the falcon family, too. Nicely shot. I like the subtle light of your flash sill. You included the claws and the tail, too, so that makes for a nice complete image of the "boyd." The bg is a bit busy, but looking at the diffrence in focus between the front and back side of the bird I'm not sure you could have gotten away with much shallower DoF.
Mike

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• Janice (18832)
• [2006-11-20 22:15]

Hi Scott, I just saw SH's buzzard and now yours. Good capture, the stripes look good, and I love the red face patches and especially his red toes. Well done,
Janice

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• osse (7805)
• [2006-11-24 11:48]

Hi Scott
Good shot again. Good colours, light, sharpnes, BG, details and POV.
well done my friend

osse

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• Signal-Womb (11094)
• [2006-11-28 17:07]

He is a beauty Scott, great detail in the pens and a great pose on him. I feel the busy background distracts a little but that's my only nit. Well done..

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• Adam73 (2253)
• [2006-12-15 10:47]

I have never heard of this species or even seen a picture of one. Your photo is the very first I have ever seen and you captured its beauty perfectly. Great details and wonderful colors. TFS.