Two pix from the Birds of Prey Centre

Here are two pictures from my wife and my visit to the Birds of Prey Centre at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire.

We saw two flying displays and they were awesome.

The pictures were taken with a D70 and Sigma 170-500, aperture priority and ISO 400. Post processing in PSCS2 consisted of crop, levels and sharpening with Fred Miranda's CSPro. The frames were added using PixLabs' PhotoFramer.

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Thanks, John. I appreciate your comments.

 

Thanks, Brian.

The bird in the second pic - a hybrid of a Gyr and a Lugger falcon - is enjoying his reward for a truly wonderful display of aerobatic hunting.

BTW: Cliff? Cliff? Do I look as though I've got a seagull on my head? LOL.

 

Mine too, Ben.

A kestrel, a peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk are occasional visitors to my garden, but their appearances are all too rare - but I suppose the sparrows, tits and pigeons would disagree!

 

Thanks, Mike. He is one magnificent bird, isn't he?

 

I agree, Gordon.

You can see why a country would want to adopt such an imperious creature as its symbol, can't you?

 

Thanks, Frank.

I like the FM CSPro just fine. It's easy to use - which is important for me!

Some of the tweaks are too subtle for me to ascertain any difference so I stick pretty much to the defaults.

 

Thank, Andreas. Ain't it just?

 

Thanks, Don.

I appreciate your kind comments.