Texas Red-Tailed Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted January 30, 201686 views3 comments

I found this Red-Tailed hawk while out shooting Kestrels. He was very accommodating. The setting is a bit busy, but shows the typical habitat. Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014 along with Light Crafts Lightzone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/800s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 000

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hansen on January 31, 2016 at 2:24 AM

Nice pose and good exposure on this bird. Not quite as sharp as most of your photos. Redtails seem to frequently perch behind lots of branches. I have encountered this a lot and it can be frustrating. Nice to include its environment though.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 31, 2016 at 9:17 AM

Excellent job on the focus, Jerry. While it's a bit busy, the branches are all small and I don't find them particularly distracting. Nice job.

devil

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 4, 2016 at 7:58 PM

Great eye contact here Jerry and I like the branch which swirls above his head. If it were mine I would crop some from the left and include more on the right as he is kind of looking out of the frame as posted and I think more of a centered crop would work better in this case. devil

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