red-tailed hawk in flight

Gallery: AvianPosted January 21, 20053,407 views27 comments

Taken with the 300d and Canon 400mm F5.6 L + Tamron 1.4x teleconverter in Los Gatos, CA.

that poor hawk had a broken leg I think..his leg looked really wierd as if he could not bend it. Hope he will be ok. Hope I did not overdone the sharpening..it's hard to judge on my old monitor.

cropped about 20% to 15% for composition.

here is a bigger size file if you want to see something bigger: http://www.pbase.com/zylen/image/38860240

Focal Length 560 mm
Exposure Time 1/2000 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 400
Exposure Bias -2/3

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Ofer Levy on January 21, 2005 at 5:38 AM

Oh my God!!!!

Daniella, this is AWESOME !!

Registered on July 23, 2004, 172 Posts, 1513 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Garber on January 21, 2005 at 6:16 AM

Great shot! its perfect

Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments

Comment posted by Lesley Mattuchio on January 21, 2005 at 6:51 AM

Love how you captured this hawk's gorgeous red tail.

Registered on July 14, 2004, 36 Posts, 322 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Tate on January 21, 2005 at 7:52 AM

Fantastic Daniella!

Registered on December 11, 2004, 150 Posts, 1667 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Mahoney on January 21, 2005 at 8:08 AM

Beautiful shot! The feather detail and markings are wonderful!

Registered on January 14, 2005, 45 Posts, 232 Comments

Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on January 21, 2005 at 8:43 AM

Outstanding!!

Great capture Daniella

Registered on July 11, 2004, 283 Posts, 2395 Comments

Comment posted by chris hajee on January 21, 2005 at 8:58 AM

beautiful

no nits here

Registered on January 18, 2005, 179 Posts, 2384 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 21, 2005 at 9:47 AM

Holy Smokes that's nice

An extra-oridinary photograph,
Daniella!!!

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Miller on January 21, 2005 at 10:07 AM

This is incredible. Wonderful detail, pose, and a unique view from above. Congrats.

Registered on December 15, 2003, 44 Posts, 368 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Steele on January 21, 2005 at 10:14 AM

Wow!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Danzenbaker on January 21, 2005 at 10:53 AM

One of the most spectacular shots ever posted here I'd say!

Registered on December 2, 2003, 40 Posts, 791 Comments

Comment posted by Ernie Kuo on January 21, 2005 at 11:00 AM

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Comment posted by Brian E. Small on January 21, 2005 at 11:02 AM

Registered on November 1, 2003, 147 Posts, 933 Comments

Comment posted by KC Choo on January 21, 2005 at 11:50 AM

Just beautiful! The others have said it all!

KC Choo
West Vancouver BC

Registered on November 15, 2004, 519 Posts, 8278 Comments

Comment posted by Daniella T. on January 21, 2005 at 1:17 PM

thanks everyone! :) I think I really got lucky on that one with perfect light direction and flight feathers nicely spread! :) I was lucky that the bird did a turn around and came back in my direction, and rotated its body in the right angle.

Registered on January 9, 2004, 41 Posts, 512 Comments

Comment posted by Juza on January 21, 2005 at 1:45 PM

Just want to add my congratulations!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Grey on January 21, 2005 at 1:50 PM

Wow! Essence of RED-TAILED Hawk!

ADDED: Daniella, I'm guessing the Tamron 1.4 doesn't signal to the camera, and so allows autofocus at f8. If not and you are manually focusing, WOW and congratulations!! If so, it's a pretty nice tribute to the much-maligned 300D (which I also use) that it can focus this well -- admittedly on a large bird against a blue sky, but still...

Registered on December 2, 2003, 144 Posts, 2069 Comments

Comment posted by Tam Stuart on January 21, 2005 at 9:16 PM

I'm with all the others, great shot!!!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 113 Posts, 1600 Comments

Comment posted by Lee Daniels on January 21, 2005 at 11:20 PM

Simply Spectacular!

Registered on December 31, 2003, 115 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Daniella T. on January 21, 2005 at 11:22 PM

Tom, it was AF and the 300d AF quite well with taht combo. The Tamron standard 1.4x and 2x teleconverters do not report to the camera so it will still AF with the 2x but only with the horizontal AF points (not the center). I have tried it with the 20d and the 20d does not AF with the 2x teleconverter at all.

I use the 1.4x teleconverter on the 400mm lens a lot and always with AF.

Registered on January 9, 2004, 41 Posts, 512 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Khoo on January 22, 2005 at 6:51 AM

Fantastic flight capture, Daniella! Love the red tail feathers!

Registered on March 7, 2004, 97 Posts, 133 Comments

Comment posted by Garth McElroy on January 22, 2005 at 3:19 PM

Wow! Definitely your best!!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments

Comment posted by Colin Pickett on January 23, 2005 at 4:39 PM

Wow what a great shot, but I do prefer the un-cropped image it gives the bird slightly more room.

Well done

Registered on December 30, 2004, 23 Posts, 156 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Nickerson on January 23, 2005 at 9:44 PM

Yikes!! I'm with everyone else. What a terrific shot.

Registered on December 2, 2003, 0 Posts, 34 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on January 24, 2005 at 10:54 PM

Fantastic! Way to go!

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by JIM Hendrickson on December 15, 2005 at 2:06 PM

Awsome Shot I Love Shooting Red Tails . This Is a Perfect shot In My Book:)Congrads.

Registered on November 24, 2005, 117 Posts, 348 Comments

Comment posted by Troup Nightingale on October 2, 2006 at 10:45 PM

A shot that makes us proud to have you here...even if I am a newbie here!

Registered on September 29, 2006, 10 Posts, 47 Comments