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Red Tail Hawk

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Posted by Kendall Hetrick on December 14, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Red Tail Hawk
Spent about 20 min hiding behind a dumpster by a gas station yesterday watching this young hawk. Caught a few decent images of it in the trees and it made a couple short flights between perches ( most behind some branches). Fortunatley I have been practicing my flight shots and kept it in the frame most of the time. Spent part of the night chasing meteors and I will take hawks any day.
E 5 Sigma50-500 @1000eq F8 1/2500 ISO 500 ( I had rolled the wheel without looking and thought I stopped on 400)
Posted by Andrew Sentipal on December 15, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Great image. Worth the extra effort. :toast:
Posted by Bruce Palla on December 17, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Nice capture, quite sharp. I think iso 500 helped with details under the wing.