Texas Nighthawk 6

Gallery: AvianPosted June 1, 201699 views10 comments

Couldn't resist posting another Nighthawk I captured this afternoon in teherain. You can see the drops bouncing off this guy. The shutter speed was slow due to the reduced light during the rainstorm. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/60s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 160

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 1, 2016 at 10:33 PM

Jerry, the pattern from the raindrops bouncing off of him is what makes this unique IMO. I like it and nice job getting this at that low of a SS.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 2, 2016 at 1:48 PM

Impressive to be able to get this in the rain and I really like the raindrops splashing off the bird. Did you use a flash?

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on June 2, 2016 at 3:26 PM

No flash, David.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on June 2, 2016 at 3:45 PM

Nice image Jerry. I do like the raindrops bouncing off the bird as well as it's half-open eye. I'm not sure if the nighthawk is trying to shield it's eye from the rain or just relaxed and starting to nod off. You are lucky to be catching these birds on a perch. I have seen hundreds of them flying around, but never perched.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on June 2, 2016 at 4:59 PM

Another nice image of this Nighthawk, Jerry. The rain splashing off of him really makes it special.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on June 2, 2016 at 9:48 PM

Pretty cool shot Jerry. I like this one the most out of your series. Pose and focus are excellent and the raindrops add a nice touch to the comp devil

...............................Jim

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on June 3, 2016 at 10:41 AM

Very cool with the bouncing water! Nice work!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 4, 2016 at 6:28 PM

Excellent work, Jerry. The bouncing drop fragments look really cool. Interesting that it seems to be the only drop in the immediate vicinity of the bird when you tripped the shutter.

devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 4, 2016 at 10:23 PM

Very nice, Jerry. No nits from me. I've enjoyed you nighthawk series.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 11, 2016 at 3:40 PM

I am very late to this one Jerry, but I had to let you know that I love this one. The pose is really nice and that water splattering off his face is really cool, nice job. devil

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