Rough-legged hawk

It's a very nice crappy day today, with 25mm of rain. So what is the best thing to do? Go out birding. This Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) posed willingly during the short time that the rain stopped. Shots taken with the 7D and Canon 400mm f/5.6.


#1 1/640 ƒ/5.6 ISO 3200 400 mm

Just a heads up this is a Red Tailed Hawk due to banding and tear drop pattern on breast. Neat looking shots.

Wow, Jo, those are Great! How're you controlling the noise at 3200 ISO? Awesome shots.

Yes you are right, I saw a rough legged hawk just before this and somehow it stucked in my brain . Thanks!

Rough Legged or RTH, # 3 is my fav - congratulations on three great shots.

ardeekay wrote in post #15641644
Wow, Jo, those are Great! How're you controlling the noise at 3200 ISO? Awesome shots.

Thanks Rog, for me the key to manage noise is take closer pictures so I don't have to crop the pictures too much. These pictures were mostly 40% crop, and from my experience, 50% crop or less will manage the noise much better .

GMHY wrote in post #15641707
Rough Legged or RTH, # 3 is my fav - congratulations on three great shots.

Thanks Gerard

Nice shot! I love the third one.

Super series, Jo. All good clear shots. I like the first two especially.

Super shots Jo! Great job with using 3200.

Excellent work, Jo, great shots!

very nice! Very good work, especially with that light, great job!

Great shots, Jo. It looks like he's flipping you the talon in that first shot though.
Al

That is one beautiful Hawk, well two, very well shot, great work.

Wonderful shots Jo, that bird is a real poseur.