Even on a wire.......

Bud1880

........tis still a pretty bird. Thanks Raptorcaptor for identifying this red shouldered hawk for me. Oh, and thanks to the patient hawk who must have sat there for 10 minutes while I snuck around trying to get close enough for my P&S.





Bud

JavaLover

Nice shots.

I'm hoping to get out this weekend and captur a few images of a hawk that's been in the same spot all week on my way into town. With my luck he takes weekends off.

Maestro

You took that pic with a P&S!? Even more impressive! Nice color saturation. I like the "look back" and tail details.

dbaker1221

wonderful capture... I don't mind wires, it's part of their habitat now

Harryb

Very nice shot , its always exciting to get a raptor capture.

Bud1880

Thanks Java, Stephen, Dave, Harry, for the kind words. About 40 shots in that 10 minutes. Thank God for digital.

Stephen,

Yes, technically a P&S because it's a fixed lens. I've got a Fuji S6000, one of the so-called super zooms. I was all out on the 10X optical zoom plus digital. Manual says that's supposed to be the equivalent of 600mm. Anyway, yes he had his eye on me and therefore the 'lookback'. I can guarantee he saw each and every move I made. The late afternoon sun was also cooperating adding to the color. I was very lucky.

Bud

raptorcaptor

Nice catchlight in the raptors eys! Good luck with getting your new Dslr Bud!

Bud1880

raptorcaptor wrote:

Good luck with getting your new Dslr Bud!

Well that's just a 'twinkle' in my eye yet but I'm workin' hard for it.

Thank you Glenn.

Bud

BBiggs

Great shots! I like how the hawk is looking back towards you!

Bud1880

Thanks Brenton. Like I said, pretty lucky on this one, the hawk was patient.

kdog

Maestro wrote:

You took that pic with a P&S!? Even more impressive! Nice color saturation. I like the "look back" and tail details.

I concur! Great job on these!

I love a good hawk shot.

Cheers,
-joel

Bud1880

Thank you Joel.