Red Shouldered Hawk

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited February 27, 2006 in Wildlife
This bird posed and posed for us. Shot in RAW, converted in ACR and in PS CS2, just modest curves adjustment for contrast and color.

Canon 5D, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L I.S. with Canon 1.4x TC aboard, at 280mm. ISO 100, f/7.1 @1/320th second, +1/3ec.
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Here's a 100% crop:
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Enjoy (bird) photography,
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2006
    Outstanding capture Andy. Great color and detail in that shot.
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  • traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2006
    very nice pose...
    I see blood on the talons...obviously he had just eaten - and you know how hard it is to run around after a big meal...right?



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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2006
    ylsuper.gif. Excpetional hawk image Andy. Very sharp and nicely composed.
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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    Even at 100% that pic rocksthumb.gif The detail in the full shot as far as the hawk but also the tree branch is amazing.

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    That's 100%?
    Andy wrote:
    This bird posed and posed for us. Shot in RAW, converted in ACR and in PS CS2, just modest curves adjustment for contrast and color.

    Canon 5D, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L I.S. with Canon 1.4x TC aboard, at 280mm. ISO 100, f/7.1 @1/320th second, +1/3ec.
    Here's a 100% crop:
    57856116-Th.jpg

    Enjoy (bird) photography,

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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    *Excellent* detail Andy! thumb.gif Mr B may still make a bird photgrapher out of you mwink.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding capture Andy. Great color and detail in that shot.

    It sure was nice of this fella to pose so close - seeing as how I was limited to my "toy" 70-200L for reach mwink.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    he was not posing --he was waiting for you to take him to lunch eek7.gif very clean shot thumb.gif was he in the subway headscratch.gif
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