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Another Cooper's Hawk
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Another Cooper's Hawk

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: AvianPosted August 22, 2016146 views6 comments
Variety in available species seems to be a bit lacking around here right now, but the juvenile Cooper's is still coming by fairly regularly.  It's gotten a lot more skittish, which probably bodes well for its long term survival.  In this episode a few days ago, I managed all of 6 frames.  It had been perched on one of our bird baths and by the time I grabbed my camera and got to a door, it had moved to this perch I set up for the bath.  I liked the way the perch framed the bird, but all the browns presented a challenge in getting the bird to pop from the bg.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 347 mm, hand held, f/11, 1/1000, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped from a horizontal original to a 4x5 full height vertical.  Taken at 6:30 PM on August 18th.

Comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks,
 

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Jerry Austin on August 23, 2016 at 9:20 AM
Nice capture Dennis. I like the way that eye pops. Well done.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 24, 2016 at 4:05 PM
Done right! I really like how the blurred BG helps the bird stand out.
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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 24, 2016 at 6:39 PM
Nice framed view of this Cooper's Hawk. It almost has a desaturated look to it but I like that.  The large image does a good job of showing the detail at the fierceness and concentration of this hawk.
Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 24, 2016 at 8:23 PM
I really, really like this one, Dennis. Great pose on a very natural looking perch. Really nice light highlighting that beautiful eye. Superb image.
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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 25, 2016 at 4:05 PM
Dennis: nice job in separating the bird from the background. I really like the pose of the bird and the perch which frames the bird.Congrats. Richard
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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 28, 2016 at 3:03 PM
Hi Dennis
It looks like you have been haveing a really nice time with the Hawks.  Nice framing.
Peter
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