Leucistic Hawk.

Gallery: AvianPosted March 19, 2017143 views3 comments

Hello everyone,
I posted this photo in the bird photography forum to get an ID. This is identified as a Leucistic Hawk. I never heard of that until now. John Tobias encouraged me to post here in the gallery just to share the photo. Believe me this is not the best quality due to being zoomed out and about a 60 percent crop. I also am not the best at photoshop elements and had a bit of difficulty removing a power line that crossed at feet of the bird.
I had been trying to get photos of the hawk for about two years. This bird is very elusive and any attempts in the past were futile. Some of it due to my own lack of experience.Today I fired off about 90 photos with only a few being usable.
So please enjoy and as always, any advice is appreciated.
Canon T5i
ISO 200
Shutter 200
Aperture 16
Sigma 150-600C 2 600mm hand held with my arms resting on the car trunk lid.

Thank you for viewing.

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 19, 2017 at 8:44 PM

An interesting find, Brian, and a pretty decent image for the circumstances. The cloning is pretty noticeable, but that's largely a matter of practice. This does look like a tough one.

Good job getting this image after all this time.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 19, 2017 at 9:48 PM

Very exciting that you finally got this image. I don't think there is really anything more you need to try to do with this image except keep enjoying it. :)

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 20, 2017 at 4:59 PM

Cool Hawk Brian!

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