Coopers Hawk

Dennis Kaczor

Coopers Hawk

PhilD41

Wow!! I am not sure I can say anything beyond that. This is almost perfect! Well, at least to my untrained eye. At 500mm that is quite the lens as well. Just out of curiosity, what is the color change in the background? Is this urban with buildings back there? Anyway.. thanks for sharing. You have a beautiful photograph there!

PGM

Dennis, how did you get this shot? The angle? I love the BG, too. Best, Pam

Dennis Kaczor

PhilD41 wrote: »

Wow!! I am not sure I can say anything beyond that. This is almost perfect! Well, at least to my untrained eye. At 500mm that is quite the lens as well. Just out of curiosity, what is the color change in the background? Is this urban with buildings back there? Anyway.. thanks for sharing. You have a beautiful photograph there!

Thanks Phil for your comments and kind words. Yes it's almost perfect, could be a tad sharper.

Yes you are correct taken with the Nikon 500mm. This was taken in the city, and the hawk was on a chimney in a distance, took off and flew low, and I was hoping high for better light, but of course it flew low and that is the background colors you are seeing here.

Dennis Kaczor

PGM wrote: »

Dennis, how did you get this shot? The angle? I love the BG, too. Best, Pam

Pam, I'm on the 7th Floor and I seen the Hawk on a Chimney in the distance, it took off around that building and ended up closer onto another building. I was ready for the hawk to take off and I was hoping it would fly up into the morning sky which had some good lighting, but I did not want the hawk to fly low towards me as the lighting was poor and the shutter speed would drop and.

Of course it flew low and towards me and fired 3 shoots and this was the the only keeper.

korandoke

anyway well done

Dennis Kaczor

korandoke wrote: »

anyway well done

Thanks Korandoke.

dlplumer

lust

Dennis Kaczor

dlplumer wrote: »

lust

Thanks Dan.

Dennis Kaczor

Yaflyyadie wrote: »

Amazing.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks very much for your comments.

Azgard

Very impressive! An unusual angle for a bird in flight.

I had my first opportunity to try shooting a raptor in flight this past weekend and I've got to say, it's not very easy to get it as crisp as you have here. Mine came no where near this close and these birds were flying in a controlled environment. I'm sure part of it is my equipment, but a good portion of it is also my lack of experience.

Keep it up! I look forward to seeing more!

Harryb

A difficult capture done extremely well.

Dennis Kaczor

Azgard wrote: »

Very impressive! An unusual angle for a bird in flight.

I had my first opportunity to try shooting a raptor in flight this past weekend and I've got to say, it's not very easy to get it as crisp as you have here. Mine came no where near this close and these birds were flying in a controlled environment. I'm sure part of it is my equipment, but a good portion of it is also my lack of experience.

Keep it up! I look forward to seeing more!

Thank you Azgard. The angle is because I was higher than the hawk was, the hawk swooped downwards and I was in the right spot. I was on the 7th floor when this was taken from.

Well, I have to say that when photographing birds in flight takes some practice, but don't give up, it will all come together for you in no time at all. The main thing to do is make sure that the camera is setup for the right settings for birds in flight. Continuous mode is a start, and setting up the focus points to 9 points at first and then try center point only. The other thing to be aware of is that you need to make adjustments shooting in the sky, + 1/3 and up depending on the bird and how light or dark the bird is.

Practice on gulls, pigeons, just to get used to tracking them.

Thanks for the kind words and I hope that some of this stuff is useful for you?

Dennis Kaczor

Harryb wrote: »

A difficult capture done extremely well.

Thanks very much Harry, was fun shooting this hawk.