White Tailed Hawk portrait (c)

Maestro · December 27, 2007

This is a picture of white tailed hawk from the Texas State Aquarium that I took last month. I was hoping to see one of these in the wild, but it wasn't to be. This little guy's injuries are as such that he will never be released to the wild, but he is well cared for. Lots of fish to eat. :roflThere was a wire mesh that focused out of the picture to the best of my abilities.

BigAl · December 27, 2007

Maestro wrote:

This is a picture of white tailed hawk from the Texas State Aquarium that I took last month. I was hoping to see one of these in the wild, but it wasn't to be. This little guy's injuries are as such that he will never be released to the wild, but he is well cared for. Lots of fish to eat. There was a wire mesh that focused out of the picture to the best of my abilities.

It's sad when these guys can't be released back into the wild :cry. Do you have any idea what caused the injuries?

I really like the pic, but I think you should blur the mesh a whole lot more.

Not sure what s/w you're using, but try this:
duplicate layer
blur layer (Guassian blur radius 40)
add a hide all mask to the blurred layer
paint on the mask with a white brush in the area of the mesh.

I've just tried this, and with about 10mins work (you need to be careful around the head) it looks a whole lot better. I will PM you my attempt when I finish.

Maestro · December 28, 2007

BigAl wrote:

It's sad when these guys can't be released back into the wild :cry. Do you have any idea what caused the injuries?

I really like the pic, but I think you should blur the mesh a whole lot more.

Not sure what s/w you're using, but try this:
duplicate layer
blur layer (Guassian blur radius 40)
add a hide all mask to the blurred layer
paint on the mask with a white brush in the area of the mesh.

I've just tried this, and with about 10mins work (you need to be careful around the head) it looks a whole lot better. I will PM you my attempt when I finish.

Thanks Al. I will try it.

Oh, and I do not know exactly what caused its injuries, but it obviously had suffered some sort of wing trauma. Gunshot, vehicle, animal, I'm really not sure.

dbaker1221 · December 28, 2007

nice capture Stephen

BigAl · December 28, 2007

For those interested, I've put up the mods I made in my earlier post:

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/236635597-M.jpg

I will take it down once this thread moves off p1.

Maestro · December 29, 2007

BigAl wrote:

For those interested, I've put up the mods I made in my earlier post:

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/236635597-M.jpg

I will take it down once this thread moves off p1.

You can leave it up longer than that. Other people might be interested in what you did. No worries.

BigAl · December 29, 2007

Maestro wrote:

You can leave it up longer than that. Other people might be interested in what you did. No worries.

Ok. Will do - he is a very good looking bird.

jeff lapoint · December 31, 2007

Great capture!

White Tailed Hawk portrait (c)

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