The Eyes of Texas

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted January 16, 201466 views3 comments

Don't Mess With Texas ~ the Lone Star State
On my visit to Austin after Christmas I was shooting on state capitol grounds when a grounds keeper approached me and said "you are missing the best picture" and then went on and on about the pair of Hawks making a perch for past six months on the Star of Texas.
This gives a new meaning to "the eyes of Texas are upon you, all the livelong day".
Sony a77
70-400 G Sony zoom at 400mm
tripod
LR 5.2
PS 5
God bless Texas and Hook em Horns

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3 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 16, 2014 at 6:17 PM

Cool shot Rick, things are looking up

I was gonna say ya got em' coming & going (the birds), but it looks like one of the hawks is doing a 360.
Well done!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 18, 2014 at 2:46 AM

Hi Rick I'm going to have to move this to POP photos as it doesn't fall into the category of man and nature. I don't think the pale looking sky is doing this scene much favours however as the statue is a similar colour. Might work on brining out some contrast.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 25, 2014 at 1:25 PM

That is a cool catch! Some extra contrast might help the details pop a little more.

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