Red Tailed Hawk ( immature)

behr655

Taken today at Palmyra Cove. He was a little ticked that he let his dinner get away. You can see more and what was supposed to be for dinner at:http://www.behr655.smugmug.com/gallery/503180






Bear

windoze

nice - ive been trying to get one of these but i never see one...

troy

behr655 wrote:

Taken today at Palmyra Cove. He was a little ticked that he let his dinner get away. You can see more and what was supposed to be for dinner at:http://www.behr655.smugmug.com/gallery/503180







Bear

GREAPER

Very nice Hawk. I might suggest cropping a bit off the right side.

bfjr

Yeah I been looking myself with no luck
You have done well

Harryb

[Congrats on a cool capture Bear. I see hawks all the time but I can never get close enough for a decent shot.

behr655

GREAPER wrote:

Very nice Hawk. I might suggest cropping a bit off the right side.

Like this?



Bear

behr655

Harryb wrote:

[Congrats on a cool capture Bear. I see hawks all the time but I can never get close enough for a decent shot.

Thanks. I got within 20ft and he was on a low branch. How lucky can I get?

Bear

Hawkman

Nice shot
Nice shot Bear. Lovely light and background.
Gene

dragon300zx

Hmmm behr I think he got cought up posing for the camera, to pay attention to eating and lost it. Thats a common problem for young males of any species. Always trying to look good to attract some girls and they end up loosing their meal.

pathfinder

behr655 wrote:

Thanks. I got within 20ft and he was on a low branch. How lucky can I get?

Bear

I find red tails usually won't let me get within 60 feet or so, so yes, I think you were lucky. Your gallery has several nice images of RT Hawks. Were they all of the same bird?

ian408

Very nice shot.

Are you using flash/better beamer?

Ian

behr655

pathfinder wrote:

I find red tails usually won't let me get within 60 feet or so, so yes, I think you were lucky. Your gallery has several nice images of RT Hawks. Were they all of the same bird?

All the same bird. I got over 50 shots of him. I was about 100 feet away when I first saw him on the ground. I thought he was injured because he was hopping around and did not fly away as I approached. It wasn't until he flew into the tree that I realized he had the snake.

Bear

behr655

ian408 wrote:

Very nice shot.

Are you using flash/better beamer?

Ian

No flash, I had great lighting and was shooting in manual, hand held. I use the Panasonic DCM-FZ20

Bear

bfjr

behr655 wrote:

Like this?



Bear

Yes. And by the way good work with your FZ20