Australian Hobby

[Isac]

The Australian hobby (Falco longipennis), also known as the little falcon. I spotted this one having a D&M with a Willie Wagtail (obviously over squatters rites) on my neighbours T.V. antenna. I decided that to make it interesting, I would do a comp of the various displays of annoyance provided by the Willie. The poses and squawks lasted a fair while but the Hobby was totally unphased throughout the entire performance. At the same moment, my dog Charlie decided to get creative by dropping a small piece of freshly manufactured artwork onto the footpath, which required my immediate and undivided attention, by having to remove the said object from the walkway, swiftly and with a minimum of fuss, using a free City supplied bright yellow doggie dump bag. As this action took precedence over the entertainment offered up by our feathered friends, I missed the Hobby and Willie taking off into the wide blue yonder. After all their argie-bargie, neither really wanted to claim the site as their own. TFL

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#3

[HansE]

I like the composit. It is a bit of an unequal match I have seen this with the wedgetails that fly around here sometimes. The Peewees show great courage. I think the sharpening is just a bit too far in the last shot. Nice bird. Wants to know what you're upto.

[Isac]

Thanks for that Hans, I'll have a look at the sharpening - cheers.

[avkomp]

lucky you getting the hobby for a pic. first shows how game the little willys are and the hobby giving its undivided attention
nice ones

[Isac]

Much appreciated Stephen. Thanks for stopping by

[HansE]

Have had a look at #3 and it has future possibilities. I used the replace color selected the white Or pale blue that is on the edge from sharpening and replaced it with the blue of the sky. Selected by point. You can mask it if you get bits you don't want to change. Thoughts?

[kevinj]

Beautiful bird,well captured,I`d crop a bit off the bottom off #2 a bit, but, #3 is a cracker pose wise,does look a little "wrong" but did not know why,my limited knowledge showing again,thanks Hans for the observation.

[Isac]

Hi Hans. To remove the halo, it's as simple as using the Clone Tool (Darken Mode), sample the sky from just near the halo and stamp over the light halo. Magic All Gone!

[HansE]

I will give that a go. Is's bloody endless.

[HansE]

Worked a treat!

[Isac]

That's great Hans, something to add to the homework notes.

[Isac]

I re-edited #3 so it didn't look "wrong". I thought I'd put him on a fence.

[HansE]

Looks lots better.

[Isac]

Thanks Hans. A bit more ATD was required - happy with this result.