I got close to a Red Shouldered Hawk

IraRunyan

Sometimes, you get so close that you can't fit the whole bird in the frame. So it was today when I got close to this Red Shouldered Hawk. Most of these shots are full frame shots without cropping.

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Marcy

now how did you get him to sit on the end of your lens- to get those close up - great shots - interesting to see the 3rd lid pass over the eye - nice detail

Mark Edell

wow, you did get close. Sweet!

Cuong

It blinks in #3. Interesting to see the eyelid goes from front to back, instead of top to bottom.

Cuong

rhondavid

WOW, any closer and you could have placed these in the macro section. All the shots are simply stunning. I love this bird. They are only second to eagles in my book as the most beautiful and majestic bird.

Looks this a great shoot and lots of fun too. Thanks for sharing these beautiful photographs.

t_hedlund

Wow, i really like the one where you caught his inter eyelid in the middle of blinking.

Gale

Very nice
We used to have one you could get this close. Wonder if it is the same one

Long Train Runnin'

:jawdrop Amazing shots!

Thanks for sharing!

Maestro

So cool!

Patti

I think I can count his nose hairs. That is amazing

Qarik

I like the umbrella catchlight in his eyes. The lighting is little flat so I would have had the umbrella more to the side and maybe reflector on the other side

IraRunyan

Qarik wrote:

I like the umbrella catchlight in his eyes. The lighting is little flat so I would have had the umbrella more to the side and maybe reflector on the other side

This is a wild bird taken in natural light about 1 hour before sunset. No umbrella and no reflectors used.

Qarik

IraRunyan wrote:

This is a wild bird taken in natural light about 1 hour before sunset. No umbrella and no reflectors used.

hehe..my attempt at humour was lost in the the limitations of plain text.

wrzwaldo

Ira, those are fantastic!