Rough-legged Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted December 3, 2011179 views11 comments

Another raptor from last weekend. Wish I had more time to spend on the grasslands...hopefully again in another few weeks.

Canon 50D, 400 5.6L, ISO 320, f7.1, 1/1328 (that's what it says!). I clipped the top of the upper wing, so it's a reversed/flipped clone of the tip of the bottom wing. Don't do that much PS work very often, but I really liked the pose on this guy.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on December 3, 2011 at 9:01 PM

Beauty love the pose, details and sharpness!! Nice.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 3, 2011 at 10:17 PM

Wonderful! Great pose!

Nick Bristol

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 3, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Wonderful pose and eye contact. Good cloning job too - undetectable.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 3, 2011 at 10:51 PM

Nice image. Wouldn't have guessed about the cloning. Really good work by you.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on December 3, 2011 at 10:53 PM

Yeah a very nice image. Agree with others about details, pose, etc. Also, like the shadow of the feet and talons on the underside of the wing. Don't think I've seen that before. Well done.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 3, 2011 at 11:31 PM

I like the pose you caught the hawk in. Good color and detail. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 3, 2011 at 11:53 PM

Wonderful flight shot Terry, I like the wing tips and the tail spread, interesting to see the underside coloring, well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 4, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Nice flight shot - I too love the bird's position.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 4, 2011 at 4:10 PM

Nice shot Terry. I like the pose ,detail and the shadow on the body

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on December 4, 2011 at 7:53 PM

A dynamic flight posture that I've been trying to get for a long time on this species. Nice eye contact also.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 6, 2011 at 8:48 PM

Excellent flight photo Terry

Love the splayed wing tips!

Ken Archer

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