Rough Legged Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted January 23, 2011159 views11 comments

Greg and I had an excellent time with this beautiful bird in Southern Ontario last winter.

Nikon D3, 500mm f/4 lens
1/2000 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 400
~60% of full frame

C&C appreciated as always. Thank you!

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 23, 2011 at 4:04 PM

Very nice flight shot of a fairly spooky species, Alex. You even got eye reflection. If this were mine, I'd try to bring the whites down under the wings and tail just a bit and get a bit more detail.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 23, 2011 at 4:44 PM

Nice and sharp flight image. Well-defined from the background. The white under the right wing and on the tail look a little hot to me. Still very well done.

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 23, 2011 at 4:47 PM

Beautiful bird with a great BG.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on January 23, 2011 at 5:27 PM

EDIT- white brought down, sharpening upped a bit,

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Comment posted by Rohn B. McKee on January 23, 2011 at 7:12 PM

Beautiful Roughy Greg, perfect exposure and processing. Thanks for sharing

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on January 23, 2011 at 8:19 PM

Great shot. Nice eye reflection. Your repost is better!

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on January 23, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Nice flight shot Alex , and nice background. Repost looks better.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on January 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM

Nice capture Alex. The sharpness is outstanding for a bird in flight shot.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on January 24, 2011 at 2:44 PM

One Hawk I have yet to photograph....nicely done!

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 24, 2011 at 4:20 PM

Nice one, Alex. Good work on the repost.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 24, 2011 at 9:53 PM

Hi Alex

Great flight shot of a lovely bird

the repost is better. but the whites dont show enough detail

Albert Darmo. Canada

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