Red Tailed Hawk...

hauff · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

Please correct me if the ID is incorrect. This one was sitting on a hay bale and posed for me.

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Anthony J Howe · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

I love the colours in these two shots along with exceptionally good detail Bryan, well done.

Sindri Skulason · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

Wow...excellent shots. Very sharp with beautiful bokeh.

bromm · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

great pic of this hawk, I hope you dont mind, but i ran one of your pics through neat image twice to remove the noise in the background.

if you mind then I apologize.Beautiful bird.

Dimitri_V · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

Superb pose you managed to catch there Bryan but the bg bokeh looks like its noisy,why is that?

dancad · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

Looks like a "dark phase" RTH. Excellent images with a nice setting.

alpha788 · 18th of July 2006 (Tue)

Great captures - sharp and detailed!

canondslruser · 23rd of July 2006 (Sun)

Looks like you were able to get quite close. I like the cleaned up background in one of the follow-up post. Are these red-tails approachable? The ones up here in Ontario are very skittish....that is until I ran into this unusually tame one on the weekend. I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it for myself.

http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/63982862

rathke · 23rd of July 2006 (Sun)

Excellent capture and nice setting. Good job. Since you are in Alberta this likely is the Swainson's Hawk. This one is an intermediate adult phase version. They have three versions, Light, Intermediate, and Dark phase. Since I never have seen this version it was great seeing your post

Very beautiful colored raptor.

canondslruser · 23rd of July 2006 (Sun)

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Originally Posted by rathke

Excellent capture and nice setting. Good job. Since you are in Alberta this likely is the Swainson's Hawk. This one is an intermediate adult phase version. They have three versions, Light, Intermediate, and Dark phase. Since I never have seen this version it was great seeing your post

Very beautiful colored raptor.

Interesting. The Red-tailed hawk's range doesn't extend into Alberta? In winters past I have seen a dark-morph Red-tail hanging around the Gatineau airport. Red-tails are notoriously wary of people which is why I'm surprised why this adult Red-tail appears so tame. This is a crop to show how close I could get: http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/63999270

rathke · 24th of July 2006 (Mon)

I apologize for post. I did not mean to indicate the Red-tailed Hawk is not in Alberta. I had consulted Sibleys to see if the Swainson's was in Alberta because of the brown bib. The reddish belly is indicative of the Intermediate phase. Also the white around the beak says Swainson's. On the Red-tailed the brown-reddish chest pattern is reversed in that species Intermediate phase. I have found this forum to be a great learning resource for birds, photography and bird photography. I liked seeing a good photo of a bird I never seen. I also thought the effect of neat image greatly improved the photo. I'm going to get neat image.

Ferco · 26th of July 2006 (Wed)

wow bromm how did u do that? oh, excellent pics by the way!!! amazing!

LITHOKEPHALOS · 26th of July 2006 (Wed)

Nice shots.
As a side note, the amount of noise at ISO 400 surprises me. I do not get that even at ISO 800 with my MkIIN unless I do a major crop enlargement.??

18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#3
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18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#4
bromm Cream of the Crop Join Date: May 2006 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 6,922 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Red Tailed Hawk... great pic of this hawk, I hope you dont mind, but i ran one of your pics through neat image twice to remove the noise in the background. if you mind then I apologize.Beautiful bird. __________________ Trevor Wadman Canon 40D/350D Canon 400L F/5.6, Canon 70-200L F/4 non IS. Tamron 100-300,Canon 18-55 Kit Lens. Canon 1.4 II Extender, Canon 430EX speedlight. Last edited by bromm : 18th of July 2006 (Tue) at 09:22.

18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#5
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18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#6
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18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#7
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18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#1
hauff POTN Wildlife Photographer 2005 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Redcliff, Alberta Canada Posts: 737	Red Tailed Hawk... Please correct me if the ID is incorrect. This one was sitting on a hay bale and posed for me. #1 #2 __________________ __Bryan__ My pbase... _____________________________ Gear List

18th of July 2006 (Tue)	#2
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23rd of July 2006 (Sun)	#8
canondslruser Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ottawa, Ontario. Canada. Posts: 1,226	Re: Red Tailed Hawk... Looks like you were able to get quite close. I like the cleaned up background in one of the follow-up post. Are these red-tails approachable? The ones up here in Ontario are very skittish....that is until I ran into this unusually tame one on the weekend. I wouldn't have believed it until I saw it for myself. http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/63982862

23rd of July 2006 (Sun)	#9
rathke Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 962 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Red Tailed Hawk... Excellent capture and nice setting. Good job. Since you are in Alberta this likely is the Swainson's Hawk. This one is an intermediate adult phase version. They have three versions, Light, Intermediate, and Dark phase. Since I never have seen this version it was great seeing your post Very beautiful colored raptor. __________________ ______________________________ Ron www.rathkephotography.com Houston Wedding Photography Humble-Kingwood Senior Portraits

24th of July 2006 (Mon)	#11
rathke Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 962 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Red Tailed Hawk... I apologize for post. I did not mean to indicate the Red-tailed Hawk is not in Alberta. I had consulted Sibleys to see if the Swainson's was in Alberta because of the brown bib. The reddish belly is indicative of the Intermediate phase. Also the white around the beak says Swainson's. On the Red-tailed the brown-reddish chest pattern is reversed in that species Intermediate phase. I have found this forum to be a great learning resource for birds, photography and bird photography. I liked seeing a good photo of a bird I never seen. I also thought the effect of neat image greatly improved the photo. I'm going to get neat image. __________________ ______________________________ Ron www.rathkephotography.com Houston Wedding Photography Humble-Kingwood Senior Portraits

26th of July 2006 (Wed)	#12
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26th of July 2006 (Wed)	#13
LITHOKEPHALOS User is banned from forums Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Non comprende Posts: 126	Re: Red Tailed Hawk... Nice shots. As a side note, the amount of noise at ISO 400 surprises me. I do not get that even at ISO 800 with my MkIIN unless I do a major crop enlargement.??

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