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Prairie Falcon
digishooter

Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)

I'm not too pleased with this image, but it is the first I've ever taken of this falcon. 1) too large a crop, so there is noise; 2) I don't like telephone pole perches; 3) resolution and accutance is showing 'specularization'. All-in-all poor technique.
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Habitat
Desert: open, rocky + sparce Joshua tree and Juniper shrubs
Location
Kelso Valley: Kern Co., CA., USA
Date taken
March 2012
Scientific name
Falco mexicanus
Equipment used
Canon 30D: EF 500 IS L + 1.4 T/C (effective focal length 700mm) : mode aperture priority: average metering : 1/3200 @ f 9.0, +0.0 exp comp. : ISO 500 : white bal custom, 5200K : PP Lightroom 3.0, CS2

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North America
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digishooter
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