Red-tailed Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted January 14, 2014100 views10 comments

Another from Ridgefield this past Saturday. A very steep angle, but I liked the underside view of this hawk anyhow. Lots of extraneous twigs removed, though none touched the hawk.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held with beanbag (resting arm on beanbag to get the steep angle). f8, 1/3200, iso 2000 (the sun just came out and I hadn't readjusted), +1/3 stop compensation. Slight crop (14MP final). Processed in CS6. Taken at 9:45 (I really need to reset my camera clocks for standard time) on January 11th.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Matthew Studebaker on January 14, 2014 at 11:08 PM

nice pose and stare. I never love pure blue backgrounds but I'm sure you had no control of that

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 15, 2014 at 8:05 AM

Your large view reveals excellent details Dennis.
I like the comp, nice pose too..
I especially like the look in the birds eye seen this close!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on January 15, 2014 at 10:40 AM

Cool shot of this 'rough' bird. Nicely done ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 15, 2014 at 1:50 PM

Excellent pose, comp, color, and detail. Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on January 15, 2014 at 2:21 PM

Dennis I like the ruffed up feathers and that stare really stands out on the large image, you have some super detail.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on January 15, 2014 at 3:11 PM

Hello Dennis

Nice Capture !

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments

Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on January 15, 2014 at 10:34 PM

I can see a slight darkish line to the left of the head/nape area. Is it just my eyes?
Despite the steep angle it looks good. Lots of details. Congrats.

Registered on April 24, 2004, 25 Posts, 510 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 16, 2014 at 8:37 AM

Not your eyes, Akos. I did mess up the cloning of a twig there a bit. Howard Cheek also pointed it out or I wouldn't have found it. Thanks for the confirmation. I'll get rid of it in any further use of the image.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on January 16, 2014 at 9:03 AM

Great detail-especially in the biggie. Getting worried about my monitor- I can't see ny line !
Thought of a vertical ?
Cheers
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 17, 2014 at 9:14 AM

The angle is not bad at all, Dennis! Nice details and look at this bird. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments