Yawn...juv RS Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted April 18, 201190 views11 comments

This guy was hanging around the same area for about a week. He was not calling here, just yawning...guess he was getting tired of me chasing him around taking his picture

At one point in another location he let me walk up to about 10 yards from him while sitting on a bridge railing.

50D, 500mm, Iso 200, 1/1000, F4

LARGER version also posted.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Eric Diller on April 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM

Nice open mouth and the eye contact looks good! Not a fan of branches across the body but still a very nice capture!

Nice details in the larger version!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 18, 2011 at 9:52 PM

cool pose and nice details, Sharon. nice comp, I like the angle of the perch branch through the frame. I'm not crazy about the bg, would have thought at f/4 it would be more blurred.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on April 18, 2011 at 11:11 PM

Nice capture Sharon. So unique!!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 19, 2011 at 7:25 AM

Sharon, I like the yawning pose of the bird and the head on look at the bird. I like the reds in the BG too. Sharpness in the bird is good and the detail is decent too. The overall comp works for me as it shows nicely the type of habitat the bird was using.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 19, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Great pose and fine image as posted.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on April 19, 2011 at 4:54 PM

Sharon, I like this as posted, love the colors in the background, eye contact and the open beak. You handled the exposure well too.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 19, 2011 at 5:43 PM

The pose makes this one for me Sharon and I like the reddish flowers? in the bg. Neat shot.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 19, 2011 at 7:47 PM

Super cool. Love the bg colors and calling pose

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 20, 2011 at 7:40 AM

I like those reds BG, nice details & vertical framing Sharon.
I especially like that clear sharp eye and open beak "yawn" as you say..
But if it was me I'd go with a calling theme

Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Gallo on April 20, 2011 at 5:39 PM

Love the yawn Sharon, and the eye contact is great and the image is well detailed. I think that the red bg colors add a lot to the overall impact.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on April 22, 2011 at 4:33 PM

Almost missed this one, excellent shot Sharon, good detail and the busy background is no big deal to me, the larger version was a pleasure to view, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments