Black-Collared Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted October 16, 2014150 views8 comments

Canon 1D-X, 300mm x 2.0TC, handheld from boat
f6.3, 1/500, ISO200

Rio Pixiam, Pantanal, Brazil. An important thing to know about the Pantanal is that it is hot. It was about 107° F when I took this photo. This birds were panting. I was melting, or at least it seemed like it. This hawk was standing in the bathtub temperature water and drinking to try to cool off.

60% of full frame. Selective sharpening to bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 16, 2014 at 6:40 PM

Beautiful capture Jim ! Great details and very nice lighting. Water drops a plus !

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 17, 2014 at 7:09 AM

Well worth all the melting Jim - this is superb

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 17, 2014 at 12:40 PM

This is a very cool shot (no pun intended), the detail in the bird is great. The water dribbling from his beak tells the story well. Sweet shot Jim!

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 17, 2014 at 1:46 PM

Fantastic image, Jim. Great action and I really like the angle, background and light. The hawk is very sharp and the water droplets make this unique.

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on October 17, 2014 at 4:07 PM

Wonderful image, Jim. Both beautiful and descriptive. Well done. Chet

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 17, 2014 at 5:33 PM

This is a beauty Jim

Sweet action behavior you captured of this handsome hawk, the dripping water puts this over the edge for me.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 18, 2014 at 3:03 PM

Definitely sounds like it was worth the suffering Jim...love it!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 22, 2014 at 6:01 PM

I think this is a spectacular shot Jim. Beautiful detail and the drinking splashing down puts it over the top. I would however have been shooting it at a higher iso with that camera considering it's noise free at iso 800. If he takes off at 1/500 you probably won't have a decent image. Great image.

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