Swainson's Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted June 24, 2011132 views8 comments

Captured this hawk near Barr Lake in Colorado the other night. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
500mm f/4L
Hand Held

1/2500 sec f/5.0
ISO 400
RAW

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Nice flight shot. It would be easier to judge the sharpness in a larger image.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on June 24, 2011 at 8:29 PM

Thanks! Forgot to post the bigger one. Went to edit, but it won't let me attach the larger file.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on June 24, 2011 at 10:06 PM

Nice light yet i agree with Richard for a complete critique

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 25, 2011 at 8:14 AM

Beautiful wingspread and I really like the way you were able to catch the light so well on the underparts, most of all though I love the detail you captured in the Hawk's eye, thanks for sharing Dan :^)

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 25, 2011 at 8:42 AM

Dan, looks like nice evening light. I like the flight position and that the bird's eye is just out of the shadow of its wing. Hard to judge critical sharpness at this size, so I agree with the others that a larger version would have been nice.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on June 25, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Thanks for the comments! Was going to post the larger version as well, just forgot to add it. Does not give me an option to go back and add it.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 26, 2011 at 1:58 AM

Sweet flight shot in nice light. Love to see a 500 pixel version.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 26, 2011 at 6:31 AM

The light on the birds eye is great. Nice wing position also, great shot.
Ray

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