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Red-tailed Chick
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Red-tailed Chick

by Richard Teller

Gallery: AvianPosted June 9, 2013117 views3 comments
Red-tailed Hawk chick. The nest is at Lake Alice a part of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge. I found this nest last fall and have watched it all spring. This morning I got my first look at the chicks. I saw three. Trying to get any kind of a clean shot was almost impossible. This was one of the clearest I got. This is a 50% crop. All comments are welcome.

Canon 40d
Sigma 120-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/500
Aperture f8
ISO 400
400mm
Post processing in Lightroom
A very out of focus branch that was very distracting cloned out in upper right.

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM
39 views and no comments? Strange. Some shots are so difficult that they simply can't be brought off. You did the best the circumstances permit, but the bird is nearly lost in the foliage and branches. The backlight is pretty cool in the chicks pinfeathers, though.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 10, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Very cool, Richard. It's always so tough to get shots like this. There's an Osprey nest on a local preserve and the only way I can figure out to shoot it is from some kind of lift-and I don't think they'll let me do that :biggrin: This is a real cutie.

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Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Sharon Lane on June 29, 2013 at 5:12 PM
After spending an entire day setup in the back of a pickup trying to get a shot of 2 RTHA chicks, I'm impressed with the shot! I wish the left branch wasn't in front, but . . .
Registered on August 13, 2009, 15 Posts, 51 Comments