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Drenched Roadside Hawk

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 15, 2013369 views13 comments

Olympus E-3, 300mm x 2.0 TC, Propped in bus window
f5.7, 1/160, ISO800

Panama, February 2010. Taken immediately after a torrential tropical rain shower.

70% of full frame; usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 15, 2013 at 7:11 AM

You captured a great mood on this one Jim, the poor bird looks miserable. Well taken, no nits for me.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by John Clulow on May 15, 2013 at 10:04 AM

Amazing shot; I love the lines and color contrasts (red-green and blue-yellow), the expression, and the water drop hanging from the wire barb on the extreme right, along with the outstanding sharpness and bokeh, of course.

Registered on November 1, 2012, 155 Posts, 1079 Comments

Comment posted by RL Potts on May 15, 2013 at 7:22 PM

If that hawk was dried and well-groomed, he would be one handsome fellow. What struck me first with this image is that the lichens look just like those found here in the Pacific Northwet (west). Shame on me. It's a nice and effective image.

Registered on November 24, 2003, 188 Posts, 985 Comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 15, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Just a fine shot, Jim. . .and taken from a bus window! The hawk does really have a "pity me" look on his face as he is working to dry out his feathers. Excellent comp, good details, and great subject. His perch is interesting too. Great job!

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Lockhart on May 16, 2013 at 7:15 PM

The expression is priceless; would make a good greeting card with numerous captions. His eye is nice and sharp, so everything else is too. Beautiful detail in the feathers; the browns in the bird go well with the green lichen. Nice!

Registered on February 19, 2013, 91 Posts, 500 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 18, 2013 at 11:35 AM

That looks to be one very uncomfortable hawk. What a great pose and the moss on the post is another nice addition.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on May 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM

Nicely captured! The hawk looks so annoyed and angry. But I guess they always look like this.

Registered on November 9, 2003, 229 Posts, 1523 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 18, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Excellent, Jim. Certainly conveys the feeling of rain.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 20, 2013 at 4:31 PM

Jim I love to see birds in this sort of state wet and a bit ruffled you have captured it beautifully.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 20, 2013 at 11:36 PM

Jim,
We have all felt like this guy looks, the detail, colors and the BG are all first rate but the wet look and the rain drops on the barbed wire are perfect.
Great post for this WC . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 22, 2013 at 5:51 PM

A wonderful capture of this slightly annoyed looking hawk, Jim. A truly candid capture of this poor guy post showered and bearing it all.

Congratulations on the EP/WP for this week's WC gallery selection too.