Coopers Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted March 18, 2014163 views7 comments

This Coopers landed on an old bench in my backyard. It stayed there for several minutes giving me a good chance to get some shots. There was a rabbit about 5 feet from the hawk but both animals seemed to ignore each other. Also the hawk did not seem to be interested in the birds that were flying by. I spotted the hawk from inside our house and all photos were taken through window glass. I knew I could not go out of the house without scaring him away. This was taken in late afternoon in central Illinois.

Canon PS SX50
1/320 @ F-5.6 ISO 125
Canon 4.3-215 @ 215mm HH

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 18, 2014 at 7:32 AM

Inside, through the glass? Very nice image considering that handicap. The background obviously has the touch of man, but nice image regardless.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on March 18, 2014 at 1:18 PM

Quite nice one legged pose. Great sharpness considering it was shot through a window. I wish the head would stand out from the BG a little more as it seems to get kind of lost with it. You might try playing with cloning out the stick behind the head. I like to low POV you were able to achieve.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 18, 2014 at 1:30 PM

Good job for what you were dealing with, particularly going through the window glass. As the other have noted the BG isn't ideal, but you made the most of the opportunity.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on March 18, 2014 at 1:50 PM

Great shot and the quality is excellent for having been shot through a window. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 19, 2014 at 5:51 AM

Hardly visible that it was shot through glass. Nice species. Seems like we miss a small part of the tail? Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by David Haynes on March 19, 2014 at 10:15 AM

John,
Can't believe you got this through the glass. Colors look pretty natural, great pose good head angle, and sharp. Looks like he had just eaten. Blood on the talons. Lucky you to be able to get images like this from inside your house.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 20, 2014 at 12:26 PM

Nice pose, John, and very sharp for through the window.

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