Motif: Red-tailed Hawk Pair

Posted by Jim Zipp on Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:28 am

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In CT January is too early for nesting but these redtails are already warming up to each other in preparation.

EOS1D, 600, 1.4X, ISO250

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by ajhand on Sun Sep 28, 2003 7:34 am

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Jim:

I sure hope they were warming up, because we were freezing to death. That was a cold day! And this is a cool shot. You did a nice job of minmizing what was quite a messy tree.

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by Paul Fusco on Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:47 am

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Jim -

I was freezing to death too! That must have been one of the coldest days last winter. Just look at how puffed up the hawks are.
I couldn't believe how close we were able to get to these birds. The light was pretty hard, throwing some black shadows. Good job with a tough situation.
Even though I have sometimes seen red-tails perched close like this, getting it good on film (or in this case pixels) is not easy. This is a very unique situation and image.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:33 am

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Very nice, Jim. My only nit is the shadow from one bird falling on the other.

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by Doug Rodda on Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:44 am

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Nice job hope they stick around !

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:22 pm

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Jim,

great photo. A little more black in the photo than were used to seeing from you. You handled the sidelighting very well.

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by Jim Probst on Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:27 pm

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Jim,

The lighting and background makes the Hawks even more dramatic looking! Nicely done!

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by Rob Palmer on Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:41 am

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Very nice capture, not seen everyday.

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Oct 01, 2003 5:08 pm

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The light is a bit harsh but the commentary is enlightening. Thanx.

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