Red-tailed Hawk

Rohirrim · February 24, 2006

Went looking for Eagles again this morning. Found 6, but they were about 1/2 mile away. :cry

I was fortunate though to find this guy. At first he was eating his breakfast out in the field, and then flew up on a fence post. Unfortunately, he flew to the south side of the road which caused him to be side lit with shadows. Those Raptors just seem to know how to make it as difficult as possible to capture.

EXIF
Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4.0 with 1.4xTC

EXIF
Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4.0 with 1.4xTC

Thank you for looking,

Andy · February 24, 2006

nice Rohr!

dallas · February 25, 2006

Gorgeous photographs.......you make it look like a studio portrait.

gluwater · February 25, 2006

I like the first shot the best. What a beautiful bird.

Osprey Whisperer · February 25, 2006

Nice captures, Steve. I'm wondering where the "FLIGHT" shots of this purdy bird are?

Rohirrim · February 25, 2006

Thank you for your comments Any, Nick, William.

As for you Mike :duel

I was unprepared when he took flight and flew right over the top of my truck. So no inflight shots :cry

ginger_55 · February 25, 2006

Beautiful shots, Steve!

Is that "natural" bokeh???? It is gorgeous. Looks like a studio shot in a way. I get good bokeh with my 400, but I am often too far away, almost always, to get bokeh like that.

going back to bed NOW!

can't type

b

Thusie · February 25, 2006

Wonderful a always Steve! The first one is a stunner

windoze · February 25, 2006

Rohirrim wrote:

Went looking for Eagles again this morning. Found 6, but they were about 1/2 mile away. :cry

I was fortunate though to find this guy. At first he was eating his breakfast out in the field, and then flew up on a fence post. Unfortunately, he flew to the south side of the road which caused him to be side lit with shadows. Those Raptors just seem to know how to make it as difficult as possible to capture.

EXIF
Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4.0 with 1.4xTC

EXIF
Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4.0 with 1.4xTC

EXIF
Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4.0 with 1.4xTC

Thank you for looking,

so beautiful, so nice.....so wonderful to look at!!

that lens with your ability works well!!!

troy

jwear · February 25, 2006

hey these rank up there with the best I have seen posted here

so good I drove over to a friends and looked with his computer [way better than mine ] and yep very good

now i have to try harder :cry

tmlphoto · February 25, 2006

Very, very nice

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Rohirrim · February 25, 2006

ginger_55 wrote:

Beautiful shots, Steve!

Is that "natural" bokeh???? It is gorgeous. Looks like a studio shot in a way. I get good bokeh with my 400, but I am often too far away, almost always, to get bokeh like that.

going back to bed NOW!

can't type

b

Thank you Ginger, Yep that's the natural bokeh of the lens. I was fortunate to have a nice background, now if I just would have had a natural perch and a front lit bird, it would have been perfect.

Rohirrim · February 25, 2006

Thusie wrote:

Wonderful a always Steve! The first one is a stunner

Thank you Thusie, I didn't mention that I think he was eating a squirrel in that first shot.

Rohirrim · February 25, 2006

windoze wrote:

so beautiful, so nice.....so wonderful to look at!!

that lens with your ability works well!!!

troy

Thank you Troy, I appreciate your comments.

Rohirrim · February 25, 2006

jwear wrote:

hey these rank up there with the best I have seen posted here so good I drove over to a friends and looked with his computer [way better than mine ] and yep very good now i have to try harder :cry

Thank you very much Jeff.

gildco · February 26, 2006

Magnificent shots
The hawk shots are razor sharp, the contrast of the sharply focused birds against a softly blurred background is pleasing to the eye, and the framing is complementary. As usual, professionally done and a pleasure to view. Keep the pictures coming.

Rohirrim wrote:

Went looking for Eagles again this morning. Found 6, but they were about 1/2 mile away. :cry I was fortunate though to find this guy.]

Harryb · February 26, 2006

Excellent Steve. Love that smooth background on the last two.

Rohirrim · February 26, 2006

tmlphoto wrote:

Very, very nice .

Thank you Thomas, I appreciate your comments.

Rohirrim · February 26, 2006

Harryb wrote:

Excellent Steve. Love that smooth background on the last two.

Thank you Gil and Harry, I was truly fortunate to have a great background.

Red-tailed Hawk

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