Red-tailed Hawk

Posted by Ken Newcombe on Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:23 pm

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Red-tails are typically very hard to approach around here. This youngster allowed me to creep up in the car and shoot from the window while it concentrated on watching the grass for rodents. Darkened BG slightly as it was pure white do to overcast conditions. Cloned some BG branches.

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500 x1.4
1/320 sec, f/8.0
ISO: 200

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by Fero on Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:54 pm

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Bautiful bird Ken, I like the composition, wasn't he frozen

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by Bill Whala on Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:40 pm

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Very nice. I love the pose.

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by Safariguy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:08 pm

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You always get cool birds in cool poses....the BG bugs me on this one...I might try to render a cloudy BG in PS....or at least a bit of color....

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by scottleslie on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:09 pm

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Really neat shot, Ken. I love the pose, and quite like the somewhat high key look to it. They are also very wary in these parts. Well done!
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:19 pm

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Ken:

Such a fine bird may deserved a colored BG in PS.

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:32 pm

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The bird and perch look great Ken.

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by KK Hui on Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:37 pm

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A totally white BG is always a challenge to make it works ...
But you have done well here, Ken!

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by Alan Melle on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:19 pm

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Very nice! Great exposure of the bird makes the high key image work.

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by Paul Fusco on Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:56 pm

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Ken -

Nice pose on this guy. I like the BG and the curious look he has.
RTs can be very challenging.
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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:10 am

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Beautiful pose and fits the frame nicely. The BG has already been mentioned.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Jan 12, 2004 7:03 am

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Wonderful shot Ken, beautiful bird and pose!

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by fredcor on Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:28 am

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Great image, I love the comp. BG works for me.

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by Marc Oliver on Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:35 pm

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Beautiful shot! I like it as a high-key image and wouldn't change anything! I find these birds to be quite frustrating to photo because they so skittish, but I'll always try anyway.