Hawk

[Scottes]

This hawk likes to hang outside my company. Generally he chooses a telephone pole a bit further away, but today he choose one about 45-50 feet from the building.

400mm
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/hawk1.jpg

With 1.4TC
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/hawk2.jpg

400mm, but I wasn't quite fast enough
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/hawk3.jpg

[PacAce]

Nice hawk pictures, Scottes. It looks so majestic whether just perched on a pole or taking flight. :)

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed looking at it.

[CyberDyneSystems]

These are really great. :) A fantastic raptor!

The 1.4Xshot looks really clear! It really works well the zoom.. amazing.

[Scottes]

Thanks guys.

The 1.4Xshot looks really clear! It really works well the zoom.. amazing.

All of the 1.4s looked better (more contrast, just seemed sharer) than the straight 400. (To me.) Since this is such an odd thing, I have to believe that I'm doing something wrong in the post processing. Then again, maybe my eyes are better at focusing than I thought. After about 50 pics with the 100-400 I don't know enough to say. But here's a couple 100% crops at 75 JPG.

400:
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/hawkcrop2.jpg

540mm:
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/hawkcrop1.jpg

And when I look at them side by side I have no idea what the hell is happening. But the 1.4 TC looks pretty darn good.