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[steven kessel]

Red-tailed Hawk. 99% of the time these birds fly away from the photographer. This one took off straight at me.

Canon 5Diii, 400 DO, ISO 400, "M" setting, f6.3 @ 1/1600

 

[meywd]

Great shot Steven.

After taking the third one, and maybe a hundred more, i noticed that i had selected the right AF point instead of the center one

 

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Red-tailed Hawk. 99% of the time these birds fly away from the photographer. This one took off straight at me.

Canon 5Diii, 400 DO, ISO 400, "M" setting, f6.3 @ 1/1600

I really like your shot Steven. Well done.

 

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From the same sequence. Slightly different view. Not sure which one I like better.

Awesome. 8) Great shot.

 

[serendipidy]

Fantastic series.

 

[candc]

trying out the 7dii in crappy light. sigma 120-300 + 1.4xiii 420 f/4 sooc jpeg and a heavy crop. i am really liking the new camera.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Brian.
I definitely prefer this one, I think his shape is more pleasing, plus he is larger in the frame, which is a preference for me, also the background is nicer in my opinion.

Cheers, Graham.

From the same sequence. Slightly different view. Not sure which one I like better.

 

[steven kessel]

Red Tail, airborne.

5Diii, 400 DO, ISO 400, "M" setting, f6.3 @ 1/1650.

 

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Red Tailed Hawk on the hunt. This one was taken a few weeks ago with the 5D3 and the 400 5.6L prime. It is cropped to about the same field of view that my new 7D2 would have full frame. Tough call for me which would have been better in this case. The 5D3 definitely holds its own here. Would have liked a faster shutter than 1/1250. Wing blur is a bit distracting but it also tends to focus the viewer on the Hawk's eye which is nice..

Great shot GraFax.

 

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Red Tail, airborne.

5Diii, 400 DO, ISO 400, "M" setting, f6.3 @ 1/1650.

Beautiful shot Steven. Well done.

 

[DiSnapper]

River Tern in flight:

Canon 7D with Canon 70-200 2.8 L IS ii USM + Canon 2x Extender iii


IMG_5275 dss by Ganugapenta NaveenKumar Reddy, on Flickr


IMG_5578 dss by Ganugapenta NaveenKumar Reddy, on Flickr


IMG_5539 dss by Ganugapenta NaveenKumar Reddy, on Flickr

 

[steven kessel]

In response to GraFax, I really like my 400 DO. I purchased mine about 18 months ago and it's obviously the "old" model as opposed to the one that was just issued. It's light and razor sharp. I've read a number of critiques of the older lens and, to be honest, I experienced none of the problems that some raised.

As for color variation among red tails, yes, absolutely. The one in the image is a standard "southwestern" bird, typical of what we see around here (Arizona) in summer months. Wintertime is more varied because we get a lot of migrants from points north, and these tend to come in different colors.

Here's one more, in this case, a juvenile.

 

[Glenn Bartley]

Here are a few fun ones from Bolivia.

 

[ronaldbyram]

Carolina Ren Festival taken Canon 70D 70-200 L ISO800 F5.6 1/2500 AV

 

[ronaldbyram]

2nd angle

 

[SevenDUser]

7D2; f/5.6 ISO 2000

 

[TexPhoto]

The nice married couple that live nearby.
Untitled by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

Untitled by RexPhoto91, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi GraFax.
You know they say, you are your own worst critic, true in this case I think? To me this is a stunning shot, wing blur? Shouldn't have mentioned it, not an issue, to me it is a sign that it was a powerful bird in full flight!
Give yourself a break, a number of us would love to turn out photos anywhere above half as good as this, myself included!

Cheers, Graham.

Red Tailed Hawk on the hunt. This one was taken a few weeks ago with the 5D3 and the 400 5.6L prime. It is cropped to about the same field of view that my new 7D2 would have full frame. Tough call for me which would have been better in this case. The 5D3 definitely holds its own here. Would have liked a faster shutter than 1/1250. Wing blur is a bit distracting but it also tends to focus the viewer on the Hawk's eye which is nice..

 

[Roger Doughty]

4 shots from the neighborhood. (Idaho) I took up photography a couple of years ago. Now I am an addict. My poor wife is looking for a BIF support group. So far no luck.

 

[FEBS]

4 shots from the neighborhood. (Idaho) I took up photography a couple of years ago. Now I am an addict. My poor wife is looking for a BIF support group. So far no luck.

Nice photos Roger.

I really love the third one.

I do understand that feeling of addict and a wife looking for a support group . However, during my last safari I did see her very enthusiast. She was continuously looking around with the binocular (present ) and informed me were I need to look. In that way, it was great for us both.