Gallery: AvianPosted November 17, 2009215 views6 comments
Taken this past June in RMNP
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6 comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 17, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Nice environmental/action shot!
The BG is kind of distracting, but we get what we get!
You might try lightening and defining the eye a bit.
This was possibly a big crop, as you've lost a lot of derail, but still a nice capture.
Sandy r
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on November 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Jake,
I like the action in your image and the goshawk's pose.
I don't know what your techs were, but overall the image appears a touch soft.
Looks like a squirrel is the prey?
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Nice, if a bit gory, Jake. There was a discussion string this past summer on raptors removing intestines from prey and discarding them. Did you notice if these were discarded?
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Carrie O'Brien-Sib on November 17, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Jake, I loves these birds. You have done a fabulous job capturing this magnificent creature!
Registered on August 4, 2009, 149 Posts, 889 Comments
Comment posted by Jake Dingel on November 19, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for the comments and here are the anwers to your questions
Shutter speed was 1/60 as ISO 400, so it is a soft, wish I would have had it set at ISO 800, I believe the unlucky critter was a golden-mantled ground squirrel. A small portion of the lower? intestine was left behind.
Registered on April 24, 2006, 34 Posts, 633 Comments
Comment posted by Tom Yin on November 23, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Given what's in the intestine, it's not surprising that the hawk doesn't consider it a delicacy!!
Registered on October 16, 2009, 2 Posts, 4 Comments
Comments
6 commentsThe BG is kind of distracting, but we get what we get!
You might try lightening and defining the eye a bit.
This was possibly a big crop, as you've lost a lot of derail, but still a nice capture.
Sandy r
I like the action in your image and the goshawk's pose.
I don't know what your techs were, but overall the image appears a touch soft.
Looks like a squirrel is the prey?
Shutter speed was 1/60 as ISO 400, so it is a soft, wish I would have had it set at ISO 800, I believe the unlucky critter was a golden-mantled ground squirrel. A small portion of the lower? intestine was left behind.