First decent hawk pics....

traunerk

After an unproductive hour at the local frozen watering hole, having had two hawks fly high over my head from behind resulting in worthless long-distance butt shots, I packed it in and headed home. On the way, a hawk flew about 20 feet in front of me and landed in a tree about 50 yards away.

With my trusty cam on the front seat and without even thinking about settings, I pulled over, grabbed the cam and starting walking back towards the tree where the hawk landed. As soon as I had a clear shot, he spotted me and within seconds took off, flying *towards* me. These shots are the best I could do and most were underexposed, thus the noise. Still, best to date so far...

Hope you enjoy...regards...Keith T.

howard

Congrats, no 3 is my favorite followed by no 5.

Howard

Osprey Whisperer

Well done.

bfjr

Well done Keith
the 3rd is the keeper!!
I'd be happy with any of them though. Your lucky to in that he/she flew at you, most times when this situation happens to me all I ever get is BUTT shots!! :cry :lol

Thusie

NICE JOBthumb Pea green with envy here.

vandana

these are great !! love all those flight shots !thumb

jwear

congrats nice job bet you got just a bit excited a great xmas gift

jmlapoint

Nice series. #3 does it for me.

Rohirrim

Nice ones Keith. Those Raptors can be such a pain to get good shots of. You did very well.

traunerk

Thanks, all...
... it was indeed a thrill to finally have one close enough to get some decent shots. Now I just have to get better at finding and stalking - all within the hour or so that I allot at a time to such efforts. One of these days I'll go for a hike in the Hudson highlands and try to find a bald eagle. Oh well, some of us still have a JOB - and can't spend all day waiting for one of these evil creatures to show up right next to the tripod...right Harry??!!!!

Rohirrim wrote:

Nice ones Keith. Those Raptors can be such a pain to get good shots of. You did very well.

Harryb

traunerk wrote:

... it was indeed a thrill to finally have one close enough to get some decent shots. Now I just have to get better at finding and stalking - all within the hour or so that I allot at a time to such efforts. One of these days I'll go for a hike in the Hudson highlands and try to find a bald eagle. Oh well, some of us still have a JOB - and can't spend all day waiting for one of these evil creatures to show up right next to the tripod...right Harry??!!!!

Excellent shots Keith. Its always a thrill to capture these guys.

I do have to remind you that this is a G/PG rated site. Use of words like the "J" word and the "W" word are really not appropriate. :nono