Rough-legged Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted December 28, 2011995 views24 comments

Just a plain blue sky but I liked the pose. This hawk had been kiting in a stiff wind and would occasionally raise its head like this to look over the raised road behind me. One of the few shots I got of this bird with uplifted wings. The double catch light is natural. Cropped fairly tight to minimize all the blue sky and for the detail on the bird.

7D, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 500, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc, shot from pickup window on 12/21/11, exposure adjustment in ACR, cropped to 65% of original image then added canvas top and right for composition, sharpened bird, no additional processing or adjustments, natural light, not baited, set up or called in

Larger version profided

Comments/critique appreciated

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on December 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM

Wow! Do you just call their name and they look over at you?!!! What a head turn along with all of your other perfect techs. Nice going! Sharon

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on December 28, 2011 at 6:33 PM

Not bad, Ron... not bad. What a great pose. He's definitely giving you the once over.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on December 28, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Very good! that's a great expression. It looks like he saw you and did a double-take. "Oh oh it's that pesky papparazzi again taking more pictures of me to sell to News of the Bird World."

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Comment posted by Bill Kleinfelder on December 28, 2011 at 7:27 PM

Very nice! The raised head looking right at you is great!

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Comment posted by Suzanne Huot on December 28, 2011 at 7:46 PM

The over the shoulder look just makes this image for me ,

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM

A fantastic pose creating clean lines on the neck and breast of the bird. I also like the tightly tucked feet and talons. Excellent detail and light.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM

Another sensational image Ron. Nice wing position, great pose, and beautiful light-looks as though he was interested in those chocolate covered donuts, perhaps.

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 28, 2011 at 8:32 PM

Ron, If I did not know better, I would think the Hawk was doing a swan dive. I give this image a 10!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 28, 2011 at 9:26 PM

I stare open-mouthed in amazement at this!

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on December 28, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Love the unique pose and the great eye contact. Sweet shot Ron.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on December 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM

Awesome in flight pose Ron!!! Nice details viewable in the large version.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 28, 2011 at 11:43 PM

Interesting "I'm king of the world" pose (that's a "Titanic" quote if you missed the movie). Your usual excellent detail and image quality Ron.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on December 29, 2011 at 2:07 AM

Ron,
I see that you're dressing in that Mickey Mouse outfit again. Just kidding of course. That's one of the best head turns I've ever seen. Beautiful capture in every regard Ron. Amazing!! The larger version MUST BE SEEN!!

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on December 29, 2011 at 9:03 AM

Nice job with the flight capture. The soft light and the exposure looks great. Seems a touch tight but I understand your reasons. Hope your holiday season is good.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 29, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Ron, one day, you will have to teach me how to get these hawks to look at you in flight...I don't think I still have any shots with them doing this. They must not like me as much

! I only have seen one Rough-legged and only have a shot of him perched, so I really like seeing this.Another beauty sir.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on December 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Sweet eye contact on this one Ron

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Comment posted by William Bickle on December 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM

Hello Ron

Another stunning image. thanks. An unusual position with him looking over your shoulder. Sharp eye with very good details.

Thanks for sharing

Bill

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on December 30, 2011 at 8:18 AM

Perfect pose, excellent capture!

Ray

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 30, 2011 at 7:19 PM

Sweet flight position Ron! Love it! Awesome detail on the bird with a great head turn. Nice light tops it off. Very pleasing.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on December 31, 2011 at 10:00 AM

What a neat pose!! It's so unusual!!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 31, 2011 at 8:31 PM

Ron, this image made me smile and LOL. I love the happy floating pose. The larger image rocks!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 31, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Oh my, what a wonderfully proud pose. Great posture and eye contact. Can't get much better than this.

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Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on January 1, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Fantastic Ron! I love the wing position and the eye contact you've captured here.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM

what a wonderful pose, Ron--love that raised head and great eye contact! you've been having some good days out there.

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