Red-tailed Hawk (w/repost)

Gallery: AvianPosted July 26, 2010145 views8 comments

I was headed to an area to photograph marsh birds and saw this hawk sitting on a sign with a white building in the BG. I kind of liked the way it looked eventhough he isn't on a more natural perch. I don't get to have this close of encounters normally with raptor species.

Canon 1D Mk3
600mm f/4 with 1.4xTC
ISO 500, +2/3 eval comp, 1/640 @ f/9
LR2 PP

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on July 26, 2010 at 5:19 PM

Bryan, this is a great portrait!
The head turn, fine detail, creamy chestand bright eye are wonderful.

sure, it would have been nice to have a better perch and visible talons - but this is what he gave you, and you made a lovely image with what you had.
Cheers -
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 26, 2010 at 5:37 PM

Beautiful, Bryan. A wild perch and bg, but I still like it.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on July 26, 2010 at 5:46 PM

You got some beautiful detail in the hawk. I night be tempted to crop this into an upper body protrait since the perch is not so appealing.

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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on July 26, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Thanks Mark, I thought about that too. Here's what I came up with. I think I like the orig better.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on July 26, 2010 at 10:34 PM

Brian, I think you handled this quite well. Great detail. I'd like to see a little more space under this fellow.

Nicely done,

Carol

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on July 27, 2010 at 4:51 PM

Hi Bryan, You handled this very well. I like the repost a tad better.

Peter

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 27, 2010 at 8:17 PM

I really like those creamy chest colors Bryan.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 28, 2010 at 8:34 AM

Bryan,

I love the look, this bird seems intent on something outside the frame. I also like the creamy colored chest and the head angle. If this isn't a large crop I might crop tight to eliminate the legs, maybe just under the buff color of the neck and go with a more intimate closeup for the comp.

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